NRSG 2212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Brachial Plexus, Axillary Artery, Intercostal Space
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Questions: define the following terms, apical pulse, apical pulse assessment and location demonstration for nurses. It is found on the left side of the chest in the fifth intercostal space at the midclavicular line. Is when someone is sick and running a temperature: used to describe a fever due to illness. It is often used together with the word seizure. Afebrile: without fever, denoting apyrexia; having a normal body temperature, hyperventilation. Is a core temperature of less than 35 c. It can occur when the body loses too much heat or cannot maintain its normothermic state: pulse pressure. Is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. It is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmhg) It represents the force that the heart generates each time it contracts: resting blood pressure is normally approximately 120/80 mmhg, which yields a pulse pressure of approximately 40 mmhg, pyrexia.
