Vital Signs

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