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HCB 102 Vital Signs Question and answers rated A+ HCB 102 Vital Signs Vital Signs (VS) - correct answer Signs necessary for life, temperature, respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patients condition Temperature (T) - correct answer A measure of the amount of h...

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HCB 102 Vital Signs
Vital Signs (VS) - correct answer ✔Signs necessary for life, temperature,
respiratory rate, pulse, and blood pressure, used to evaluate a patients
condition


Temperature (T) - correct answer ✔A measure of the amount of heat below
the skin and the subcutaneous tissues


Fever - correct answer ✔Elevated body temperature


Febrile - correct answer ✔With fever


Afebrile - correct answer ✔Without fever


Hypothermia - correct answer ✔Body temperature which is below the normal
range


Hyperthermia - correct answer ✔Body temperature which is above the
normal range


Pulse (P) - correct answer ✔Regular, recurrent expansion and contraction of
an artery produced by waves of pressure caused when the heart beats


Tachycardia - correct answer ✔Abnormally rapid heartbeat (above 100 in
adults)

, Bradycardia - correct answer ✔Abnormally slow heartbeat (below 60 in
adults)


Thready pulse - correct answer ✔Weak and rapid pulse


Bounding pulse - correct answer ✔Unusually strong pulse


Arrythmia - correct answer ✔Pulse with irregular rhythum


Respiration (R) - correct answer ✔The act of taking air into the lungs /
Measurement consists of one inhalation and one exhalation


Exhalation - correct answer ✔The act of expelling air from the lungs


Dyspnea - correct answer ✔Labored of difficult breathingab


Apnea - correct answer ✔Absence of breathing


Tachypnea - correct answer ✔Excessively rapid breathing


Blood pressure (BP) - correct answer ✔The force that circulating blood
exerts against artery walls as the heart contracts and relaxes.


How is blood pressure measured? - correct answer ✔Milimeters of Mercury
(mm HG)

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