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What are some way we can assess and patients condition? - answer: - interpretation of vital
signs
- observe the patient
- touch the patient
-speak to the patient
What are we looking for when we observe the patient - answer: skin color - normal, pale,
flushed
What are we looking for when we touch the paitent? - answer: normal, warm, hot, cool, clammy
What are we looking for when we speak to the patient? - answer: level of consciousness (loc)
What are the vital signs? - answer: objective measurable data that helps define the patients
condition
What are the symptoms? - answer: patient description of the chief complaint
What are some general rules when it comes to vital signs - answer: know where equipment is
stored
Know how to use it when need arises
Know normal baseline values
What vitals signs do we measure? - answer: blood pressure (bp), pulse (p), heart rate (hr),
respirations (r), temperature (t)
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, What is normally higher in children the adults when it come to vital signs - answer: t, p, r
What is normally lower in children then adults when it comes to vital signs? - answer: blood
pressure
What are the ways temperature can be measured? - answer: disposable, electronic, aural,
temporal thermometers
What is the normal adult temperature - answer: 98.6
What is the normal temperature range for children? - answer: 99-99.7
Pyrexia - answer: fever
Febrile response - answer: fever
Afebrile response - answer: without fever
Hypothermia - answer: lower than normal body temperature
Antipyretic - answer: medication given to reduce a fever
What number is on the top and what number is on the bottom when taking blood pressure? -
answer: systolic / diastolic
What are some places you can take a pulse? - answer: radial, carotid. Temporal, brachial,
femoral, pedal, apical pulses
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What are some way we can assess and patients condition? - answer: - interpretation of vital
signs
- observe the patient
- touch the patient
-speak to the patient
What are we looking for when we observe the patient - answer: skin color - normal, pale,
flushed
What are we looking for when we touch the paitent? - answer: normal, warm, hot, cool, clammy
What are we looking for when we speak to the patient? - answer: level of consciousness (loc)
What are the vital signs? - answer: objective measurable data that helps define the patients
condition
What are the symptoms? - answer: patient description of the chief complaint
What are some general rules when it comes to vital signs - answer: know where equipment is
stored
Know how to use it when need arises
Know normal baseline values
What vitals signs do we measure? - answer: blood pressure (bp), pulse (p), heart rate (hr),
respirations (r), temperature (t)
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APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
, What is normally higher in children the adults when it come to vital signs - answer: t, p, r
What is normally lower in children then adults when it comes to vital signs? - answer: blood
pressure
What are the ways temperature can be measured? - answer: disposable, electronic, aural,
temporal thermometers
What is the normal adult temperature - answer: 98.6
What is the normal temperature range for children? - answer: 99-99.7
Pyrexia - answer: fever
Febrile response - answer: fever
Afebrile response - answer: without fever
Hypothermia - answer: lower than normal body temperature
Antipyretic - answer: medication given to reduce a fever
What number is on the top and what number is on the bottom when taking blood pressure? -
answer: systolic / diastolic
What are some places you can take a pulse? - answer: radial, carotid. Temporal, brachial,
femoral, pedal, apical pulses
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