vital signs

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  1. 3. Arrest
  2. 4. Pressure
  3. 6. Blood Pressure
  4. 8. sign of what is going on inside the body, including respiration; pulse; skin color; temperature; and condition (plus capillary refill in infants and children); pupils; and blood pressure
  5. 9. Blood Pressure
  6. 11. or abnormal rhythm, usually referring to the heart rhythm
  7. 14. used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of parts of the body with the hands
  8. 15. along the long carotid artery on either side of the neck
  9. 17. Signs
  10. 19. of respirations; temporary cessation of respirations
Down
  1. 1. of the blood felt against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts or beats.
  2. 2. Pulse
  3. 5. when the body temperature exceeds 104 degrees, measured rectally
  4. 7. calibrated for measuring blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
  5. 10. specialized electronic thermometers that record the aural temperature in the ear
  6. 11. the ideal health state in the human body
  7. 12. indication of a patient’s condition that cannot be observed by another person but rather is subjective, or felt and reported by the patient
  8. 13. stopping of heart action
  9. 14. Thermometers
  10. 16. pressure remaining in the arteries during ventricular relaxation
  11. 18. rapid, heartbeat (usually more than 100 beats per minute in an adult)
  12. 20. respiratory rate, usually below 10 respirations a minute