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What is the Average pulse/rate for a newborn-1 month old |
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Vital Signs:
What is the Average pulse/rate for a 1-2 year old? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the Average pulse/rate for a
2-5 year old? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the Average pulse/rate for 6-12 Year olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the Average pulse/rate for >12 years of age? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the range of pulse rates for newborns-1 month olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the range of pulse rates for 1-2 year olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the range of pulse rates for 2-5 year olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the range of pulse rates for
6-12 year olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What is the range of pulse rates for >12 years-adults |
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What does amplitude mean? |
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*pulse strength
*Refers to the force of blood with each beat
(ex: weak, thready, bounding, full) |
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What are factors affecting pulse rate? |
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1) Age
2)Gender-after puberty, male pulse rate is slightly lower than females
3) exercise
4) fever-pulse rate increases
5-medications
6-hemorrhage-loss of blood increases pulse rate
7-stress |
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What are the two types of Respiration? |
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1) External Respiration: interchange of O2 and CO2 between aveoli and pulmonary blood
2) Internal Respiration: *Throughout the body *Interchange of gases between circulating blood and cells of body tissues |
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What does Ventilation mean? |
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| movement of air in and out of lungs |
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What does hyperventilation mean? |
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| very deep and rapid breathing |
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Vital Signs:
What in the brain are centers that regulate breathing? |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for newborns? |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for 1 year old? |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for a 2 year old? |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for 6-12 year olds? |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for >12-adult |
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Vital Signs:
What are the average and range of respiration for the elderly? |
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Vital Signs:
how do you find the respiratory rate?
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*in and out is 1
*start with one minute
*more experienced, 30 seconds
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Vital Signs:
What does Eupnea mean? |
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Vital Signs:
What does Apnea mean? |
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