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Vital Signs
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
10/17/2012

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Term
EUPNEA
Definition
NORMAL TEMPERTAURE 97-99
Term
LOW GRADE FEVER
Definition
99-100.4
Term
PYREXIA
Definition
100.4-105.8
Term
HYPERPYREXIA
Definition
105.8-109.4
Term
HYPOTHERMIA
Definition
97-93.2
Term
DEATH FROM HYPERPYREXIA
DEATH FROM HYPOTHERMIA
Definition
109.4
93.2
Term
HEART
Definition
CARDIA
Term
RESERATIONS
Definition
PNEA
Term
ORTHO
Definition
BONE
Term
CONDUCTION
Definition
TRANSFER OF GHEAT FROM ONE OBJECT TO ANOTHER
Term
CONVECTION
Definition
TRANSFER OF HEAT THREW AIR CURRENTS
Term
FEBRILE
Definition
WORD MEANING FEVER
Term
SYMPTOMS WHEN TEMPERATURE STARTS RISING
Definition
CHILLS
Term
CONTINOUS FEVER
Definition
MINIMAL VARIATION BUT REMAINS EKEVATED
Term
MALAISE
Definition
WEAKNESS/FATIGUE MARKING ONSET OF DISEASE
Term
AXILLARY TEMP
Definition
BEST ON A PRESCHOOLER
Term
WHAT PROBE SHOULD BE SELECTED FOR A RECTAK TEMP?
Definition
RED
Term
REASON WHY THE ARTERY IS A GOOD SITE?
Definition
EASILY ACCESIBLE
CONSTANT FLOW OF BLOOD
LOCATED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE
Term
TEMPORAL ARTERY CAN BE USED FOR?
Definition
EVERYONE!
Term
POPITEAL
Definition
BEHIND THE KNEE
Term
FEMORIAL
Definition
MIDDLE OF THE GROIN
Term
POSTERIOR TIBIAL
Definition
PULSE SITE TO THE FOOT
Term
CAROTID
Definition
SHOIULD BE USED WHEN MEASURING RESPITORY FOR AN ATHLETE
Term
THREADY
Definition
WEAK AND RAPID
Term
PULSE DEFECIT
Definition
WHEN RADIAL IS LESS THEN APICAL
Term
HYPER VENTILLATION IS MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN?
Definition
PATIENTS WITH PANIC/ANXIETY DISORDER
Term
PROVIDES PHYSCICAN WITH O2 OF TISSUE?
Definition
PULSE OX
Term
DECREASE OF OXYGEN
Definition
HYPOXEMIA
Term
HEAT REGULATING CENTER
Definition
HYPOTHALMUS
Term
RESPITORY REGUKLATING CENTER
Definition
MEDULLA OBLONGOTA
Term
WHERE IS MOST HEAT PRODUCED?
Definition
INVOLUNTARY AND VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS
Term
NAME GIVEN TO A FEVER WITH A RIDE RANGE ALL WHICH ABOVE ARE NORMAL?
Definition
REMITTENT
Term
EASIEST IN THE STANDING POSITION?
Definition
ORTHOPNEA
Term
TACHYCARDIA
Definition
ABNORMALLY FAST
Term
BRADYCARDIA
Definition
`OABNORMALLY SLOW
Term
BOUNDING
Definition
FAST AND FULL
Term
THREADY
Definition
WEAK & FAINT
Term
INHALATION + EXHALATION =
Definition
1 RESPIRATION
Term
FORCE OF BLOOD ON THE ARTERY
Definition
BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
WHEN VENTRICLES CONTRACT
Definition
SYSTOLIC
Term
WHEN VENTRICLES ARE AT REST
Definition
DYSTOLIC
Term
BLOOD PRESSURE IS NEASURED IN?
Definition
MM OF MERCURY
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