Fundamentals: Vital SIgns

What occurs simulatnerously with heat production, were skin exposed to the environment results in constant, normal heat loss through radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation?

• heat loss

What is the transfer of heat for the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct contact between the two?

• radiation

What is the transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct contact between the two?

• radiation

What is the transfer of heat from one object to another direct contact?

• conduction

What is the transfer of heat away by air movement?

• convection

What is the transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas?

• Evaporation

What is visible prespiration (sweating)?

• diaphoresis

What does illness due to the level of consienceness?

• decrease/lower it

What 4 things is a person ability to control its body temperature dependent on?

• the extremeness of temperature

• the person’s abilitu to sense comfort or discomfort

• though processes of emotion

• person’s mobility or ability remove or add clothing

When illness hits the body what does it cause?

• decreased level of consciousness

• impaired thought processes resulting into not recognzie the need to change temp

• exercise increase metabollism and heat production (body temp)

What 4 types of pattern fever are there?

• sustained

• intermittent

• remittent

• relapsing

What fever pattern has constant body temp continuously above 100/45 F with little fluctuation?

• sustained fever

What is the fever pattern that spikes interspersed wtith usual temperature levels (returns to acceptable value at least once in 24 hours)?

• intermittent fever

What is the fever pattern that spikes and falls without return to normal temperature levels?

• remittent fever

What is the fever pattern go wtih periods of febrile episodes and periods with acceptable temperature values?

• relapsing fever

At what temperature of a fever is able to aid in killing many pathogens and enhances the immune system of the body?

• 102.2 F

When is body temperature the highest in the day?

• at late afternoon or night

When is temperature the lowest in the day?

• morning

What influences vital signs?

• age

• gender

• activity

• medications

• health status

What measures does the body use to decrease temperature?

• radiation

• evaporation

• convection

• conduction of heat

Vital signs can be delegated to an assistive personnel expect one measurement. What is the measurement?

• apical pulse