Veronica Sandoval

Study Guide Assignment #20

Vocabulary Review:

Group B: 1-10,

1. bradycardia

2. occlude

3. bounding

4. sinus arrhythmia

5. auscultated

6. tachycardia

7. dyspnea

8. pulse deficit

9. thready

10. intermittent pulse

Group C: 1-10,

1. tachypnea

2. bradypnea

3. wheezing

4. hyperventilation

5. rales

6. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

7. orthopnea

8. apnea

9. tachypnea

10. cheyne-stokes respiration

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Group D: 1-13, 

1. essential hypertension

2. stertorous

3. orthestatic hypotension

4.calibrated

5. rhonchi

6. lymphedema

7. pulse pressure

8. myocardium

9. idiopathic

10. arteriosclerosis

11. syncope

12. vertigo

13. hypotension

Skills and Concepts:

A. Factors that May Influence Vital Signs: #1-2,

1. Physical and emotional

2. nonverbal signs

B. Temperature: #7, 8, 10,

7. continuous

8. intermittent

10. remittent

C. Types of Thermometers and Their Uses: #1,

1. If the patient has had anything to eat, drink or smoke.

D. Pulse: #2, 9,
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2.Rate, Rhythm and Volume

9. Because the apical rather that the radial pulse is the most accurate, non invasive way of
assessing cardiac health.

E. Respiration: # 1-4,

1. Inhalation and exhalation

2. Respiration

3. 16

4. Medulla Oblongata

F. Blood Pressure: # 3-6, 12,

3. Pulse Pressure

4. Systole

5. Diastole

6. Essential has no detectable cause while secondary has.

12. The limb used for measurement is above the level of the heart

The pressure in the cuff is released too rapidly.

Instruments are defective.

The cuff was not placed around the area smoothly.

G. Pulse Oximetry: #2,

2. 95%

H. Anthropometric Measurements: #1, 

1. 65.25kg

2. 118.8lb

3. 132lb

4. 50.4kg

5. 22.5kg
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Certification Preparation: #1-10, 

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. b

5. b

6. d

7. a

8. b

9. 112.5 (a)

10. a

Workplace Application: #1 a-b

a. The cuff should at least cover 80% of the patient’s upper arm. Also each cuff has
predetermined markings on the internal side. Ask if it feels fine and place two fingers between
the cuff and arm to make sure it is not to tight…This is important because if the cuff is not the
correct size you will not get an accurate blood pressure reading.

b. Yes, because it may change it could go high or low (abnormal vital signs)
Yes, Carlos should ask a few questions like if she drank coffee or smoked recently or if she is
stressed out about something or how is she feeling today.