Practicum Vital Signs

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