Chapter 17 PNF

Vitals Signs

• Temperature (T)

• Pulse (P)

• Respiration(R), Pain

• Blood pressure (BP)

• Oxygen saturation (SpO2)

The production of heat is known as thermogenesis

• True

• False

The basal metabolic rate is the amount of heat produced by the body when at total rest

• True

• False

One of the ways the human body produces heat is through the processes occurring after the ingestion of food?

• Digestion

• Absorption

• Breakdown

• Synthesis of proteins

Thermoregulation, or the regulation of body temperature, is primarily controlled by the part of the brain known as the hypothalamus

• False

• True

Factors Affecting Body Temperature

• Environment, Time of day

• Gender, Physical activity and exercise

• Medications, Food intake

• Stress, Illness

Types of Thermometers?

• Oral

• Axillary

• Tympanic

• Skin

• Rectal, temporal artery

Most accurate temperature is rectally?

• True

• 1False

Normal equivalents by site

• Oral

  F-98.06

  C-37

• Tympanic

  F-98.6

  C-37

• Rectal

  F-99.6

  C-37.5

• Axillary

  F-97.6

  C-36.4

Peripheral Pulse Sites

• Temporal

• Carotid

• Brachial, radial

• Femoral, dorsalis pedis

• Popliteal, posterior tibialis