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What is a sphygmomanometer?

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Blood pressure cuff

1
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What base line vital signs are needed, also called signs of life?

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Respiration, pulse oximetry
Pulse
Skin
Pupils
Blood pressure
2
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What are the first set of vital signs called?

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Baseline vital signs

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What are the normal respiratory rates ranges for adults, adolescents, children, infants, newborns?

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Adults 8-24 per minute
Adolescents 12-20
Children 15-30
Infants 20-40
Newborns 30-60
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What are 4 types of respiratory quality?

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Normal
Shallow
Labored
Noisy

5
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What is a pulse?

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The pressure wave generated by the contraction of the left ventricle

6
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What is tachycardia?

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Heart rate over 100 bpm

7
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What is bradycardia

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Heart rate less than 60 bpm

8
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What should the skin be checked for?

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Color, temperature, condition, and capillary refill

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What is capillary refill?

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The time it takes for compresses capillaries to refill with blood

10
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What are the normal rates for capillary refill for adults, children, infants, females and the elderly?

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Adults, children and infants - 2 seconds
Females - 3 seconds
Elderly - 4 seconds

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When checking a patients pupils what do you look for?

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Size - dilated or constricted
Equality - pupils of the same size
Reactivity - pupils changing size in response to light

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What is blood pressure?

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The pressure that is exerted on the walls of the arteries by the blood flowing through them

13
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Amount of pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during the contraction and ejection of blood from the left ventricle

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Systolic blood pressure

14
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The amount of pressure on the artery walls while the ventricle is at rest

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Diastolic blood pressure

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What is pulse pressure?

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The difference between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures

16
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What are the ways to measure blood pressure

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Auscultation - listening for sounds through a stethoscope

Palpation - feel for the pulse

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What is pulse oximetry?

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Method of detecting hypoxia in patients by measuring oxygen saturation levels in the blood

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What are the normal and low ranges for pulse oximeter reading?

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Normal - 97-100%

Low - 94 and below

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What is Pulsus paradoxus?

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The decrees of the pulse during inhalation of the patient

20
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What is orthostatic vital signs?

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When you suspect a patient of having volume loss, you take there blood pressure in a supine position and the again standing.

21
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What does the mnemonic SAMPLE stand for?

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S - signs and symptoms
A - allergies
M - medications
P - pertinent past history
L - last oral intake 
E - events leading to injury or illness
22
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What does the mnemonic OPQRST stand for?

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O - onset
P - provocation/position
Q - quality
R - radiation
S - severity
T - time