Chapter 26: Measuring Vital Signs

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Across
  1. 2. The period of heart muscle contraction, the heart is pumping
  2. 5. The period of heart muscle relaxation, the heart is at rest
  3. 7. Breathing air into and out of the lungs
  4. 9. Taking the apical and radial pulses at the same time
  5. 13. The difference between the apical and radial pulse rates
  6. 14. An instrument used to listen to sounds produced by the body
  7. 15. When SBP >140, and DBP >90
  8. 16. The amount of heat in the body that is a balance between the amount of heat produced and the amount of heat lost
  9. 17. A rapid heart rate, more than 100 per minute
Down
  1. 1. The amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery by the blood
  2. 3. A slow heart rate, below 60
  3. 4. When SBP < 90 and DBP< 60
  4. 6. Measures body temperature in the ear
  5. 8. The artery that BP is measured at
  6. 10. The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery
  7. 11. Cuff used to measure BP
  8. 12. TPRBP