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The process of informed observation ?
Inspection
Using your sense of touch to gather information ?
Palpations
The production of sound waves by striking one object against another ?
Percussion
Listening with the stethoscope for sounds produced by the body ?
Ausculation
Number of pulses felt in 1 minute?
Pulse rate
Pattern and equality of intervals between beats?
Pulse rythm
Strength, which can be weak, thready , strong or bounding?
Pulse quality
Pulse rate lower than 60?
Bradycardia
Pulse rate higher than 100 ?
Tachycardia
Exchange of O2 and CO2 in the lungs at the cellular level?
Respirations
Rapid breathing ?
Tachypnea
Slow breathing ?
Bradypnea
How hard a pt works to breath?
Respiratory effort
Force of blood against the arteries when the ventricles contract?
Systolic blood pressure
For of blood against arteries when the ventricles relax?
Diastolic blood pressure
Sounds of blood hitting arterial walls?
Korotkoff's sound
Difference between systolic and diastolic pressure?
Pulse pressure
Top number of blood pressure?
Systolic
Bottom number of blood pressure?
Diastolic