Vital Signs Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. (Rales) fine to coarse bubble sounds (not cleared with coughing) from air passing through fluid or re-expanding collapsed small airways
  2. 6. Blood pressure decreases when in the standing position
  3. 8. The is the maximum pressure when the heart is at rest
  4. 12. Abnormal pulse rate or rhythm
  5. 14. Deep breaths at a rate greater than normal; leads to decreased levels of CO2 and hyperoxygenation
  6. 15. Blood pressure decreases when changing position
  7. 16. Amount of blood pumped by the ventricles in 1 minute
  8. 18. Abnormally slow pulse rate
  9. 19. High-pitched whistling with a musical quality as air passes through obstructed or narrowed airways, usually louder on expiration
  10. 20. Increased respiratory rate, regular pattern, but abnormally deep
Down
  1. 2. Less musical than a wheeze, high-pitched turbulent noise when inhaling or exhaling due to obstruction or narrowing in upper airway
  2. 3. Snoring like sound from congestion in nose or mouth, adenoid enlargement, or structural abnormality in back of nasal cavity
  3. 4. This is the maximum pressure of the arteries when the heart beats (ventricles)
  4. 5. Normal breathing pattern
  5. 7. Irregular rate and depth that changes in a cycle
  6. 9. Volume of blood ejected by the left ventricle with each heartbeat (about ⅔ of blood contained in the left ventricle)
  7. 10. Abnormally fast pulse rate
  8. 11. Coarse, loud, low-pitched rumbling sounds during either inspiration or expiration resulting from fluid or mucus, can clear with coughing
  9. 13. Gradual change in temperature with a fever
  10. 17. Sudden change in temperature with temperature usually temporary