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Unit 7 Basic Skills
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5. Another word for high blood pressure
6. A pulse rate greater than 100, except in
children
7. The measure of the pressure on the arteries
when the heart rests
10. A measurement of the balance between
heat lost and heat produced by the body
11. The most common route to take a
temperature
14. Without fever
15. The four vital signs are: temperature,
pulse,_____________, and blood pressure
17. Pulse taken at the wrist
18. The most accurate route to measure
temperature
19. Another word for fever
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1. A pulse rate less than 60 beats per minute
2. An irregular heart beat
3. This device measures blood pressure
4. Another word for low blood pressure
7. Term that means difficult breathing
8. Pulse taken at the neck
9. Term that means a blue skin color/condition
12. Pulse site that is taken at the inner aspect
of the upper thigh where the thigh joins the
trunk
13. The measure of the pressure on the
arteries when the heart contracts (squeezes)
16. Term that means absence of or no
breathing