Chapter 27 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Factors That Can Affect
Vital Sign Readings
*Stress
*Fear
*Illness
*Drinking or eating
*Exercise
Normal pulse rate
in resting adults: 60 to 100 beats
per minute In a child: 70 to 120 beats per minute
Respiration readings
*Adult: 10 to 20
breaths per
minute
*Children and
teenagers: 18 to
30 breaths per
minute
Two pressures of the heart
systolic and diastolic
Systolic
Reflects the amount of pressure
it takes for the left ventricle of the heart to compress or push oxygenated blood out into the blood vessels
Diastolic
The heart muscle at rest when
it is allowing the heart to take in blood to be oxygenated before the next contraction
Sphygmomanometer
Includes the blood pressure cuff and meter
Korotkoff sounds
A series of sounds produced by the blood rushing back into the brachial artery, which has been collapsed by the pressure
of the blood pressure cuff
Pulse oximetry
used for measuring the concentration of oxygen
in the blood
Sinus arrhythmia
Rate or rhythm is altered
Atrial arrhythmia
The atria contracts before the next cardiac cycle
Atrial flutter
The atria is beating
at an extremely rapid rate
Ventricular arrhythmia
the ventricles contract before the next cardiac cycle
Ventricular tachycardia
The ventricles are beating at an
extremely fast rate
Ventricular fibrillation
Total electrical dysfunction
Asystole
no heartbeat
