Vital Signs And Measurement Test

Front 1

Define Diastole:

Back 1

The force exerted during cardiac relaxation

Front 2

Define Systole:

Back 2

The force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac contraction

Front 3

Define Apnea:

Back 3

absence of breathing; longer than 10 seconds

Front 4

Define Tachypnea:

Back 4

Rapids respiration; heart rate rises with body temperature; about 4 breaths per minute with every degree above normal

Front 5

Define Orthopnea:

Back 5

difficult or painful breathing at lying down

(relieved at sitting up)

Front 6

Define Hypoventilation:

Back 6

decrease in rate and depth of respirations

Front 7

Define Hyperpnea:

Back 7

increase in rate and depth

Front 8

Define Hyperventilation:

Back 8

an increase in the depth, duration, and rate of breathing

Front 9

Name the types of FEVER

Back 9

Intermittent, Remittent, Continous

Front 10

Define Fastigium:

Back 10

When fever becomes active

Front 11

Define: Afebrile

Back 11

Absence of fever

Front 12

Define: Pyrexia

Back 12

Fever

Front 13

Define Anthropometric:

Back 13

a measuring device to measure bone and tissue

-tape measure
-measure circumference

Front 14

Define Dyspnea:

Back 14

difficult breathing

Front 15

Define Diaphoresis:

Back 15

excessive sweating

Front 16

Define Hypopnea:

Back 16

Slow breathing

Front 17

Define: Kortokoff sounds:

Back 17

The sounds heard during blood pressure measurement

Front 18

Spell the name of the blood pressure cuff:

Back 18

S-P-H-Y-G-M-O-M-A-N-O-M-E-T-E-R

Front 19

What are the steps to taking blood pressure?

(10 steps)

Back 19

1. Center the cuff over the artery
2. Position stethoscope over brachial artery
3. Inflate cuff to around 180-200
4. Deflate cuff at smooth, steady rate
5. Listen for 1st Korotkoff sounds, note when they appear
6. Continue deflating
7. Note when sounds disappear
8. Continue deflating at 10 mm more beyond last Korotkoff sound
9. Complete deflation, remove cuff
10. Record test results

Front 20

How should the patient be positioned for taking blood pressure?

Back 20

Rested and relaxed, legs uncrossed, arm at heart level-support patients arm

Front 21

BLOOD PRESSURE:
1. Normal Range:
2. Average:
3. Abnormals:

Back 21

1. 110/70-140/90
2. 120/80
3. Hypertension >140/90
Hypotension < 90/60

Front 22

What are conditions or factors that increase/decrease blood pressure?

Back 22

Blood Volume, Peripheral Resistance, Vessel elasticity, Condition of the heart, activity, stress, daily fluctuations, gender, disease, medications

Front 23

What are the pulse sites?

Back 23

Temporal, Carotid, Apical, Brachial, Radial, Femoral, Popliteal, Dorsalis Pedis, Posterior

Front 24

PULSE:
Normal Range:
1. Adult:
2. Children:
3. Toddlers:
4. Newborns:

5. Average Range: (Adult)

Back 24

1. 60-100 bpm
2. 70-120 bpm
3. 90-150 bpm
4.120-160 bpm
5.72 bpm

Front 25

What are the abnormal pulse rates?

Back 25

Tachycardia: More then 100 bpm
Bradycardia: less than 50 bpm

Front 26

What are conditions or factors that increase/decrease pulse?

Back 26

1. Age
2. Gender
3. Size
4. Physical Activity
5. Emotion state/stress
6. Disease
7. Medication
8. Pain

Front 27

What are the characteristics of pulse?

Back 27

Rate, Strength & Regularity

Front 28

Temperature (oral)

1. Normal

2.Averag

3. Abnormal

Back 28

1. 97-99'

2. Average temperature is 98.6

3. Below 97' hypothermia
99'-100.4' is a low grade fever
Above 100.4' is a fever
105.8' is an extremely high fever, hyperpyrexia, fatal

Front 29

RESPIRATION
Normal Range:
1.Adult:
2. Children:
3. Infants:

Back 29

1. 12-20 breaths per minute
2. 18-30 breaths per minute
3. 20-40 breaths per minute

Front 30

What are the diseases or abnormalities of respiration?

Back 30

1. Apnea
2. Cheyne-Strokes
3. Tachypnea
4. Bradypnea
5. Orthopnea
6. Hypoventilation
7. Hyperpnea
8. Hyperventilation

Front 31

What conditions/factors increase/decrease with respiration?

Back 31

1. Age
2. Size
3. Physical Activity
4. Emotions
5. Medications
6. Disease
7. Smoking
8. Fever
9. Body Position

Front 32

What is the normal range for OXYGEN SATURATION

Back 32

94% or above

Front 33

What are the stages of fever?

Back 33

1. Onset-fever begins
2. Fastigium- fever becomes active
3. Resolution- body turns to normal temperature

Front 34

TEMPERATURE: Tympanic:

1. Normal Range
2. Ideal Range

Back 34

Normal range: 97-99
Ideal range: 98.6

Front 35

TEMPERATURE: Rectal

1. Normal range
2. Ideal range

Back 35

Normal range: 99-100
Ideal range: 99.6

Front 36

TEMPERATURE: Axillary

1: Normal range
2. Ideal range

Back 36

Normal range: 96-98
Ideal range: 97.6

Front 37

TEMPERATURE: Temporal Artery

1: Normal range
2. Ideal range

Back 37

Normal range: 99-100
Idea range: 99.6

Front 38

Factors of temperature?

Back 38

Age
Size
Anxiety
Anger
Stress
Physical activity

Front 39

Factors that increase temperature?

Back 39

muscle activity, digestion, cellular metabolism, ovulation, pregnancy, emotions, certain drugs, illness, and environment.

Front 40

Factors that decrease temperature?

Back 40

Lack of activity, fasting, perspiration, dehydration, exposure to cold, injury to CNS, time of day, age/size can lead to susceptibility, and diurnal body temperature is lowest in the morning.