Practicum Vital Signs
Across
- 4. increase in depth of respirations
- 5. condition in which an individual must sit or stand to breathe comfortable
- 7. a pulse that is easily felt but disappears with moderate pressure is considered ___.
- 12. the gender in which pulse rate is usually faster is in ___.
- 14. the ___ pulse is taken at the apex of the heart
- 17. pulse ___ (or amplitude) reflects the strength of the heart when it contracts
- 20. ___ fever is a fever that fluctuates considerably but never returns to normal.
- 22. medical term for high body temperature
- 23. head ___ is a common infant measurement
- 25. pulse site located at the wrist
- 27. a pulse that is very strong and does not disappear with moderate pressure is considered full or ___.
- 28. sounds heard during the auscultation of blood pressure
- 30. pulse site located at the back of the knee
- 33. temperature taken at the armpit
- 34. a pulse that is not easily felt and disappears with slight pressure is considered ___ (or weak)
- 37. absence of respirations
Down
- 1. difficult or labored breathing
- 2. first sound heard during blood pressure
- 3. abnormally prolonged deep breathing usually associated with anxiety or emotional tension
- 6. disappearance of sounds during blood pressure
- 8. pulse ___ is the time between pulse beats
- 9. pulse ___ is the noninvasive measure of arterial blood oxygen saturation
- 10. infants and young children have a ___ pulse rate than adults
- 11. temperature is maintained by the thermoregulatory center in the ___.
- 13. temperature taken from the mouth
- 15. ___ fever is a fever that fluctuates only slightly, and remains above the normal range
- 16. pulse site located at the bend of the elbow
- 18. body temperature is ___ in the morning
- 19. ___ fever is a fever that alternates between elevated and normal levels
- 21. temperature taken at the forehead
- 24. color bulb of an oral thermometer
- 26. pulse site located at the top of the foot
- 29. pulse site located at the neck
- 31. the pulse ___ is a measure of how many beats as blood moves through the body.
- 32. rapid or shallow respirations
- 35. color bulb of a rectal thermometer
- 36. pulse site located at the groin