Vital Signs
Across
- 1. increases blood pressure
- 5. respiratory center
- 6. needed for blood pressure assessment
- 9. volume the volume of blood ejected by the left ventricle with each heart beat
- 11. symptom of shock
- 12. increases pulse rate
- 13. shallow breathing pattern with an abnormally low rate
- 15. high body temperature
- 17. Body temperature regulator
- 19. sounds/phases heard during blood pressure assessment
- 20. pulse taken at the fifth intercostal space at the left midclavicular space
Down
- 2. first sound recorded in blood pressure assessment
- 3. includes inspiration and expiration
- 4. output The amount of blood pumped by the ventricles in one minute
- 7. influences body temperature
- 8. metabolic rate Influences heat production
- 10. breathing in
- 14. not used for assessing pulse rate because it has its own pulse
- 16. low body temperature
- 18. depress respiratory rate