Vital Signs Vocab

Vital Signs are:

• measurements of the body’s most basic functions. Help us detect or monitor medical problems. There are 4 of them: heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, respiration rate

• Is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

• how many breaths you take in one minute.

• how many times your heart beats in one minute.

• When all systems in your body are balanced and in normal ranges.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Blood Pressure is

• the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

• how many breaths you take in one minute.

• how many times your heart beats in one minute.

• how warm or cold your body is

Respiration Rate is

• the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

• how many breaths you take in one minute.

• how many times your heart beats in one minute.

• how warm or cold your body is

Heart Rate or Pulse is

• the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

• how many breaths you take in one minute.

• how many times your heart beats in one minute.

• how warm or cold your body is

Body Temperature is

• the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

• how many breaths you take in one minute.

• how many times your heart beats in one minute.

• how warm or cold your body is

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Hypothermia is

• when your body loses heat faster than it can make it and your temperature drops below 95ºF. Very dangerous!

• a body temperature that is above 99.5ºF. It is a sign of your body fighting an infection.

• a body temperature that is above 104ºF, very dangerous!

• When all systems in your body are balanced and in normal ranges.

Hyperthermia is

• when your body loses heat faster than it can make it and your temperature drops below 95ºF. Very dangerous!

• a body temperature that is above 99.5ºF. It is a sign of your body fighting an infection.

• a body temperature that is above 104ºF, very dangerous!

• When all systems in your body are balanced and in normal ranges.

Fever is

• when your body loses heat faster than it can make it and your temperature drops below 95ºF. Very dangerous!

• a body temperature that is above 99.5ºF. It is a sign of your body fighting an infection.

• a body temperature that is above 104ºF, very dangerous!

• When all systems in your body are balanced and in normal ranges.

Systolic is

• Pressure on the arteries when the heart is contracting it written on the top of the blood pressure ratio.

• Pressure on the arteries when the heart is relaxed it is written on the bottom of the blood pressure ratio.

• Is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.

Diastolic is

• Pressure on the arteries when the heart is contracting it written on the top of the blood pressure ratio.

• Pressure on the arteries when the heart is relaxed it is written on the bottom of the blood pressure ratio.

• Is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood.