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Vital Signs and Body Measurements: Definitions and Assessment Techniques, Quizzes of Health sciences

Definitions and instructions for assessing vital signs and body measurements, including temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, weight, head circumference, fever, hyperpyrexia, tachycardia, bradycardia, pulse sites, hyperventilation, dyspnea, tachypnea, hyperpnea, rales, and blood pressure. It also includes definitions for systolic and diastolic pressure and normal, prehypertension ranges.

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TERM 1
Vital Signs
DEFINITION 1
TemperaturePulseRespirationsBlood PressurePain
Assessment
TERM 2
Body Measurement
DEFINITION 2
HeightWeightHead circumference in babies
TERM 3
Febrile
DEFINITION 3
Elevated Temperature
TERM 4
Fever
DEFINITION 4
SIgn of inflammation or infection
TERM 5
Hyperpyrexia
DEFINITION 5
Extremely high temperature
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Vital Signs

TemperaturePulseRespirationsBlood PressurePain

Assessment

TERM 2

Body Measurement

DEFINITION 2

HeightWeightHead circumference in babies

TERM 3

Febrile

DEFINITION 3

Elevated Temperature

TERM 4

Fever

DEFINITION 4

SIgn of inflammation or infection

TERM 5

Hyperpyrexia

DEFINITION 5

Extremely high temperature

Afebrile

Normal Temperature

TERM 7

Temperature Sites

DEFINITION 7

Ear (tympanic)Rectum (rectal)Mouth (oral)Axilla

(axillary)Temporal Atery (temporal)

TERM 8

Tympanic Temperature

DEFINITION 8

Adult Pull ear up and backChild pull ear down and back

TERM 9

Rectal Temperature

DEFINITION 9

Hold themometer in place, slowly position on left sidea and

slowly gently insert.

TERM 10

Tachycardia

DEFINITION 10

Abnormal fast pulse

Tachypnea

Rapid Breathing

TERM 17

Hyperpnea

DEFINITION 17

Abnormally rapid breathing

TERM 18

Rales

DEFINITION 18

Crackling soundsfluid in

lungspneumoniaatelectasispulmonary edema

TERM 19

Blood Pressure

DEFINITION 19

The force at which blood is pumped againstthe walls of the

arteries.

TERM 20

Systolic Pressure

DEFINITION 20

Measure of pressure when left vetricle contracts

Diastolic Pressure

Measure of pressure when heart relaxes

TERM 22

Normal Bp

DEFINITION 22

Less than 120/

TERM 23

Prehypertension

DEFINITION 23