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FlashCards por Kayla Hendrick, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Kayla Hendrick
quase 9 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Taking the apical and radial pulses at the same time | Apical-radial pulse |
| The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood | Blood Pressure (BP) |
| The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount lost by the body | Body Temperature |
| A slow heart rate less than 60 per minute | Bradycardia |
| The period of heart muscle relaxation; the heart is at rest | Diastole |
| the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest | Diastolic Pressure |
| Elevated body temperature | Fever |
| When the systolic pressure is 140 mm mercury (Hg) or higher , or the diastolic pressure is 90 mm Hg or higher | Hypertension |
| when the systolic pressure is below 90 mm Hg or the diastolic is below 60 mm Hg | hypotension |
| The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood that passes through the artery | Pulse |
| The difference between the apical and radial pulse rates | Pulse deficit |
| The number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute | pulse rate |
| Breathing air into and out of the lungs | respiration |
| A cuff and measuring device used to measure blood pressure | Sphygmomanometer |
| An instrument used to listen to sounds produced by the heart,lungs, and other body organs | stethoscope |
| The period of heart muscle contractions; the heart is pumping blood | systole |
| The pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts | systolic pressure |
| a rapid heart rate; more than 100 beats per minute | tachycardia |
| A device used to measure temperature | Thermometer |
| Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure; and pain in some agencies | Vital signs |
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