Week 2 Flashcards
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Range core body temperature
36.0-37.0
97-99.5
What regulates body temperature
Homeostasis+ set point
Heat production
Heat loss
3 factors that affect body temp
Age babies+ old people < temp
Gender: women have high temp variations
Circadian rhythm- highest 4-7 pm
Temperature extremes affect body temp
Environmental temp
> metabolic rate in body > temp
So exercise, stress + illness
Febrile
Afebrile
Temp above normal
Afebrile= normal temp
Hypothermia
<97.0c
Fever
101> is natural disease fighting, not too harmful
Above 104 is very harmful
In older adults fever
Is a sign you’re in the later stage of a Disease
Older adults and infants
Small change is important. Takes a lot on their metabolize to > temp
Core body temps
Rectal or tympanic
Interventions for fevers
Monitor VS FLUID SEIZURES (in extreme cases) Administer antipyretic meds Administer IV fluids Apply ice (extreme)
Don’t use rectal
Diarrhea, bowel surgery, diseases of the rectum, nutripenic (immunocomprimised), quadriplegics, no CV surgeries
Stimulate vagus nerve= fainting
> age pulse
<
Women have slightly higher pulse
Infancy pulse range
100-160
Adult 60-100
The vagus nerve
> temp pulse?
Tachycardia
Ventricle strokes a lot, so less blood is getting out so higher pulse. Stroke volume is less
< BP
> temp
Bradycardia
<60 bpm
Men have lower HR so elderly + adults
Hypothermia < pulse rate
Vagostimulaiton/ bradycardia < Pulse
SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN < pulse
Dysrhythmias
Regular irregular (same irregular pattern)
Irregular irregular (no predictability)
Ventral ejection is the same as
Pulse= pulse generation= pulse wave= ventricular opening
Characteristics of pulse
Rate, quality, Rhythm
Indicate effectiveness of system & quality of blood flow
Quality of pulse rate determined by the force of the blood flow
Quality of pulse
0=absent 1= threats 2=weak 3= normal 4= bounding
Cardiac output is calculated as
Heart rate* stroke volume
Temporal artery
Front of upper part of ear