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putting a probe in the patients armpit?
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How do rectal and axillary temperatures compare with oral temperatures?
rectal is higher ;axillary is lower
How to calculate mass with volume temperature and pressure?
You cannot. If you know the volume, temperature and pressure of a pencil, you will be no closer to knowing its mass!
Is it true that a ratio is a rate?
No. It can be but need not be. For example, you might calculate the ratio of today's temperature in Celsius and in Fahrenheit and calculate the ratio. That is not a rate.
How do you calculate decimal range of temperature?
You record the temperatures as decimal numbers and subtract the smaller from the larger.
Calculate the metric temperature for 48 degrees Fahrenheit?
Subtract 32 than multiply by 5/9.
What is a Axillary Temperature?
37.5
What color thermometer is used for axillary temperature?
Blue
Which method of temperature measurement is the least accurate?
Axillary
Contra indications for axillary temperature?
Skin disease. 2- Axillary operation. 3- Unconsciousness, shocked patients 4- Constricted peripheral blood vessels.
What do you use for temperature under the arm pit?
You can use a regular thermometer probe to take a underarm (axillary) temperature.
Why are thermometer placed in armpit in getting body thermometer?
There are four ways to get someones temperature: orally (by mouth), axillary (armpit), rectally or they can stick a thermometer in your ear. Axillary is the least accurate but sometimes is the only way to get a persons temperature.
How do you convert 96.6 axillary temp into oral temperature?
97.6
What are 4 different methods to take a temperature?
rectal, oral. axillary or ear and aural
Why is axillary temperature the least accurate?
Axillary temperature is the least accurate because the area is exposed to circulating air outside of the armpit cavity, and in order for the result to be accurate, it takes 10 minutes of holding the thermometer in place. This is hard on the patient and the lab tech/nurse taking the person's temperature.
List three contraindications for oral temperature measurement?
Axillary,rectal,tympanic,or temporal method
Select one method used to measure body temperature?
ear, oral, axillary or rectal are locations it can be measured
Which nerve supplies the deltoid muscle?
Axillary nerve C5 and C6, a branch of the posterior chord of the brachial plexus
