front 1 Oral temperature | back 1 35.8 - 37.5 C, 96.4 - 99.5 F |
front 2 Pulse rate | back 2 60 to 100 (80 average) |
front 3 Respirations | back 3 12 to 20 breaths/min |
front 4 Blood pressure | back 4 <120/80 |
front 5 Hyperthermia | back 5 Temperature above 40 C (104 F) |
front 6 Hypothermia | back 6 Core body temperature below 35 C (95 F) |
front 7 Conduction | back 7 The transfer of body heat to a cooler solid object in contact with the person. ex: body heat to an icepack, causes the ice to melt |
front 8 Convection | back 8 The flow of heat from the body surface to cooler surrounding air ex: fan blowing on a person |
front 9 Evaporation | back 9 Loss of heat through conversion of a liquid to a vapor ex: perspiration and insensible loss is vaporized from the skin exercise |
front 10 Radiation | back 10 The transfer of heat to a cooler object not in contact with the person. ex: person losing heat through a window while being next to it |
front 11 Eupnea | back 11 normal breaths 12-20 |
front 12 Tachypnea | back 12 Increase respiratory rate ex: >24 breath/min |
front 13 Bradypnea | back 13 Decreased respiratory rate ex: <10 |
front 14 Hyperventilation | back 14 increase rate and depth |
front 15 Hypoventilation | back 15 decrease rate and depth; irregular |
front 16 chey-ne stokes respirations | back 16 alternating periods of deep, rapid breathing followed by periods of apnea |
front 17 Apnea | back 17 periods when no breathing occurs |
front 18 Biot's respirations | back 18 Varying depth and rate of |
front 19 Dyspnea | back 19 difficult or labored breathing |
front 20 Orthopnea | back 20 changes in breathing when sitting or |
front 21 Korotkoff sounds | back 21 assesing BP SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC |
front 22 Pulse pressure | back 22 the difference between the systolic |
front 23 Primary Hypertension | back 23 increase above normal in systolic and diastolic pressures |
front 24 Secondary | back 24 caused by another disease conditions, common include kidney disease |
front 25 aspirin | back 25 a blood thinner (arthrities) |
front 26 naloxone ( NARCAN) | back 26 Rapidly reverses an opioid |
front 27 ibuprofen | back 27 reduces inflammation (advil) |
front 28 acetaminophen | back 28 fever, headaches, pain (tylenol) |
front 29 morphine | back 29 treatment of pain, opioid |
front 30 vital signs | back 30 temp, pulse, respiration, bp, pain (5th sign ) |