Ch. 16 Vital Sign - CLASSWORK - Crossword puzzle

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344
Across
  1. 4. Caused when the body temperature reaches above 104 fahrenheit and is measured rectally
  2. 5. Unpleasant sensory and emotional damage that is associated with damaged tissue
  3. 6. Temperature measured by mouth
  4. 8. Heart pulse under 60 beats per minute
  5. 9. Temperature taken with tympanic thermometer placed in the ear or auditory canal
  6. 11. Difficult or labored breathing
  7. 12. Dusky bluish discoloration of skin, lips, and/or nail beds cause by decreased oxygen and rich carbon dioxide presence in the blood stream
  8. 14. Pressure which blood is felt against the wall of an artery and the heart is contracting and relaxes or beats
  9. 18. Lack of heart respirations; lack of blood
  10. 20. Another term for fever
  11. 23. The strength force and quantity
  12. 24. Severe dyspnea which breathing becomes difficult in any other position besides sitting and standing
  13. 25. Depth of quality respirations
  14. 27. Irregular or abnormal heartbeat caused by deficiency in hearts electrical pattern
  15. 29. Beats per minute
  16. 31. Used in most health care facilities with registered temperature on a view in second
  17. 32. Constant pressure in wall of arteries when left ventricle of heart is at rest
  18. 34. A balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body
  19. 37. Abnormal breathing pattern followed by multiple periods of dyspnea and apnea and is common in dying patients
  20. 38. Pulse taken with stethoscope at the apex of the heart
  21. 40. High body temperature exceeding 101 F
  22. 41. Glass tube containing mercury and contains alcohol that expands when exposed to heat
  23. 42. Specialized thermometers that record aural temp in the ear
  24. 43. Determinations provided basic conditions of the patient
  25. 44. High blood pressure and is indicated when pressures greater than 140mm and 90mm diastolic
Down
  1. 1. Passed between a straight line across the forehead midway between eyebrows and upper hairline
  2. 2. Instrument used to listen to internal body sounds
  3. 3. Force exerted by blood against arterial walls when heart is contracting or relaxes
  4. 4. Low blood pressure loss and is less than 90mm systolic and 60mm diastolic
  5. 7. Rapid shallow respiratory rate above 25 respirations per minute
  6. 10. Lack of pulse in the heart
  7. 13. Used to measure blood pressure in millimeters of the amount of mercury
  8. 15. Temperature taken in the arm pit under the upper arm
  9. 16. Reflect the breathing rate of the patient
  10. 17. Low body temperature measured 95 degrees fahrenheit and is also measured rectally
  11. 19. Happens in arteries walling when the heart contracts and blood gets pushed into the arteries
  12. 21. A type of thermometer that uses infrared radiation to determine a person or objects temperature without any form of physical contact
  13. 22. Regularly
  14. 26. Bubbling, crackling or noisy sounds caused by fluids or mucus in the air passages
  15. 28. Constant state of body fluid balance and identifies as the healthy state in the human body
  16. 30. Low respiratory rate under below 10 respirations
  17. 33. A small and handheld device that can measure your blood oxygen and oxygen saturation and pulse rate
  18. 35. Pulse over 100 beats per minute
  19. 36. The difficulty breathing with high pitched whistling, sighing which is caused by narrowing of bronchioles and obstruction or mucus accumulation in the bronchi
  20. 39. Temperature taken rectally