What is pulse?
The number of heart beats within in a minute as the heart contracts and relaxes on the wall of an artery
Common places for pulse is?
1. Cartoid: sides of the neck
2. Brachial: inner forearm
3. Radia: inner wrist, below the thumb
4. Peda: on top of the feet
What is a normal pulse?
60-100 bpm (beats per minute)
What is Bradycardia?
It is a pulse less than 60 bpm ( beats per minute)
What is tachycardia
A pluse greater than 100 bpm
What is the normal pulse range for an adult?
60-100 pbm
What is the normal pulse range for children over 7 years old?
70-100 bpm
What is the normal pulse range for children from 1 to 7 years old?
80-110 bpm
What is the normal pulse rang for an infant less than 1 years old?
100-160 bpm
What factors increase pulse rate?
Exercise
Fever
Shock
Stress
Stimulant drugs
Excitement
What factors decrease pulse rate?
Sleep
Physical training
Heart disease
Depressant drugs
Coma
Heart disease
One reputation is?
One breath in and one breath out
Why should respirations be taken discretely?
So that the patient doesn't alter their normal breathing patterns
What is cyanosis?
Discoloration of the skin, lips, and nail bed bluish in cold. This is a result of low O2 and high CO2 in the bloodstream
What is the normal rate of respirations in adults?
12-20 breaths per minute
What is the normal rate of respirations for children?
16-30 breaths per minute
What is the normal rate of respirations for infants?
30-50 breaths per minute
Dyspena
Difficulty breathing
Apena
No breathing
Eupena
Normal breathing
Tachypena
Respiration is greater than 20 bpm
Bradypena
Respiration is less than 12 bpm
Hyperpnea
Faster than normal deep breathing
Cheyne-stokes
Abnormal breathing pattern characterized by periods of dyspenea followed by periods of apnea; frequently noted in the dying patient
Rales
Bubbling, crackling, or noisy sounds caused by fluids or mucus in the air passage
Wheezing
Difficult breathing with a high-pitched whistling or sighing sound during expiration
What is temperature?
The measurement of the level of body heat
Heat is lost through what?
Sweating, breathing, and micturation (urine and feces)
Heat is produced by?
Muscle and grand activity, and the metabolism of food
Heat is produced by?
Muscle and grand activity, and the metabolism of food
What's is the most accurate method for taking temperature?
Is rectal temperatures
What's is the most accurate method for taking temperature?
Is rectal temperatures
What is the least accurate method for taking a temperature?
Both axillary and groin
What is the least accurate method for taking a temperature?
Both axillary and groin
What is an aural temperature?
Temperature measured in the ear or auditory canal
What is an aural temperature?
Temperature measured in the ear or auditory canal
Hyperthermia
Body temperature exceeds 104�F
Hyperthermia
Body temperature exceeds 104�F
Hypothermia
Low body temperature, below 95�F
Hypothermia
Low body temperature, below 95�F
Norma body temperature
96.6 to 100.6
Norma body temperature
96.6 to 100.6
Oral- normal temperature
98.6
Oral- normal temperature
98.6
Rectal- normal temperature
99.6
Rectal- normal temperature
99.6
Axillary- normal temperature
97.6
Axillary- normal temperature
97.6
Tympanic- normal temperature
99.6
Tympanic- normal temperature
99.6
Fever
Defined as a temperature over 101�F
Fever
Defined as a temperature over 101�F
Pyrexia
The medical term for fever
Pyrexia
The medical term for fever
Blood pressure
As the pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries from blood
Blood pressure
As the pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries from blood
Systolic blood pressure
Pressure on the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle is contracting
Systolic blood pressure
Pressure on the walls of the arteries when the left ventricle is contracting
Normal range for blood pressure is
100-130
Normal range for blood pressure is
100-130
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