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Vital Signs Flashcards

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Definition

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  • Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure
  • Indicates the state of health of individual
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Define Temperature

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Difference between heat produced and heat lost by the body

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4 methods of checking temperature

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  1. Oral Method
  2. Axillary Method
  3. Rectal Method
  4. Non-contact Method
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Both of these methods have the following contradictions:
- Infants
- Unconscious and Irrational Patients
- Patients with Oral cavity and surgery in mouth
- Patients that recently taken cold or hot food or fluids

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Oral Method and Axillary Method

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This method has the following contradictions:
- With recent rectal surgery
- Patients with diarrhea
- Patiends having cardiovascular alternation
- Pateints with leukemia

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Rectal Method

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Define Pulse

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Rythmical throbbing caused by wave of blood passing through and artery as heart contracts

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What are the possible sites to checking for a person’s pulse?

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  1. Temporal artery
  2. Carotid artery
  3. Brachial Artery
  4. Radial Artery
  5. Apical Artery
  6. Femoral Artery
  7. Popliteal Artery
  8. Posterior Tibialis
  9. Dorsalis Pedis
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What should we be mindful of when taking a person’s pulse? R.R.T.V

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Rate, Rythm, Tension, and Volume

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for new borns?

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80 to 180 bpm

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for 1 year olds?

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80 - 140 bpm

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for 5 - 8 yrs old

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75 - 120 bpm

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for 10 yr olds

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50 - 90 bpm

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for Teens

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50 - 90

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for Adults

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60 - 100 bpm

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Average Normal Pulse rate range for elderly

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60 - 100 bpm

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Purpose for checking a person’s pulse

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estimate quality of the heart’s action per minute

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Where do we assess a new borne or infants pulse

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Brachial, apical, or femoral aretery

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Define Respiration

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exchange of oxygene and CO2 between the atmoshpere and body cells initiated by breathing

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Purpose for checking a person’s cpr

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obtain patient’s respiratory status

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Blood Pressure

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lateral force exerted by the blood on arterial walls

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Purpose for checking a persons blood pressure

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  • aids in diagnosis
  • enables observation for any changes in patients condition
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Contradictions for checking BP in brachial artery

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  • Pateints with surgery on arm, breast, axilla, shoulder, or hands
  • Venous access device like AV shunt and IVF
  • Injury or Disease to shoulder, arm or hands
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Sites for taking BP

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  1. antecubital space on arm
  2. Leg or popliteal space
  3. dorsal pedis
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Classifications of Blood Pressure
Normal =
Prehypertension =
Hypertension Stage 1 =
Hypertension Stage 2 =

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Normal = 120/80 mmhg
Prehypertension = 120-139/80-89 mmhg
Hypertension Stage 1 = 140 -159/ 90-99
Hypertension Stage 2 = 180/100

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Normal Temperature
36 to 36.5 C
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Heat loss can happen through
- radiation - conduction - convection - vaporization
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Normal O2SAT
95% to 100%
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How to assess pain
WHATSUP ACRONYM: W - where is the pain? H - how does the pain feel? A - aggravating & alleviating factors T - timing S - severity U - useful other data P - perception
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Term For High Fever
Hyperlexia
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Medical term for patient that has fever?
Fibril
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- The 5th vital sign - easiest to asses - must not be invalidated - highly subjective - most common reason to seek medical advice - protective mechanism or warning to prevent injury
Pain
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Pain Transmissions - pain receptors - free nerve endings on skin - respond to intense potentially damaging stimuli - found in joints, skeletal muscle, fascia, and tendons - not found in large organs
Nociceptors
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These chemical increase the transmission of pain
HISTAMINE - stimulates allergic reactions ACETYLCHOLINE - fight/flight response SEROTONIN - happy hormone BRADYKININ - inflammation
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- A group of lipids made at sites of tissue damage or infection - releases chemical substances that increases sensitivity to pain - increases pain provoking effect of bradykinin
Prostaglandinds
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2 main fibers that help with pain transmission
1. Myelinated fibers - fast pain 2. type C fibers - second wave of pain
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Chemicals or hormones that reduce or inhibit pain
endorphins and enkephalins
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Process of pain flow
1. Transduction 2. Transmission 3. Perception 4. Medulation
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Process of pain flow - injury releases chemicals that send pain message to sensory neuron
Transduction
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Process of pain flow - nociceptors to spinal cord then to the brain
Transmission
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Process of pain flow - pain received by the brain
Perception
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Process of pain flow - reduces or increase the pain by the brain stem neuron
Medulation
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Types of Pain according to duration and Etiology
- Acute - chronic
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Types of pain according to location and perception
- visceral or internal pain - somatic or pain in muscles, skin, and joints - Cutaneous or superficial pain - Radiating or pain travels from one part to another - Referred or pain is experienced simultaneously on different parts of the body - Phantom or pain felt only because of psychological factors
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Pain assessment tools - for people with chronic pain - help identify patterns and factors - records time or onset, activity before pain, pain related positions or behaviors, pain intensity, use of relief methods, duration of pain, time spent in relief activities
Daily Pain Diary
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Pain assessment tools - visual representation of pain scale
Visual Analog Scale
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Pain assessment tools - 0 to 10 rating - best for adults with not cognitive problems - common tool
Numerical Rating Scale
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Pain assessment tools - best for cognitively impaired - nurse observes face of the client
Wong Bakers scale
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Pain assessment tools - document for detailed recording of pain
Mccaffrey Initial Pain Assessment Tool
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Pain assessment tools - FLACC Behavioral Scale
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