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tympanic, or reading from the ear, is not the best way to check a temperature especially in young children and babies. The best way is rectal or under the arm. But to answer your question, in a child, you want to pull the ear lobe gently down and out. In and adult you want to pull the top of the ear up and back. This opens the ear canal and allows for the thermometer to get an accurate reading.
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What is the correct place to put a thermometer?
You put the thermometer in what you want to get the temperature from. If you want to measure body temperature, the rectum would be the best way to get an accurate reading with an old school thermometer. There are however new thermometers which are as effective in an ear.
Do you get the accurate temperature reading from the forehead if it is wet?
If you are referring to using a surface thermometer, no.
Which type of thermometer give the least accurate reading of all?
disposable thermometers
What effect does the use of an uncalibrated thermometer have on the boiling point of a liquid?
The thermometer's reading of the point the liquid boils may not be accurate.
Which type of thermometer gives the least accurate reading of all thermometers?
disposable thermometers
How does a forehead thermometer work?
place on forehead for 4 minuites and you should get a accurate reading.
Who invented the first ear thermometer?
There is an ear thermometer?
Define vapor pressure thermometer?
A thermometer which utilizes a gas(vapor) to react to temperature changes for an accurate reading. (Instead of a hazardous material such as a mercury filled thermometer.)
Why was it important not to let the thermometer rest on the bottom of the breaker?
to get an accurate reading of the liquid inside the beaker, the thermometer should not rest on the bottom of the beaker.
What do you call the thermometer that you stick in your ...?
It's called a rectal thermometer. It gives a slightly more accurate reading than when put under your tongue or in your armpit.
How long does it take for a thermometer to reach the same temp as its surroundings?
Generally, you must leave a thermometer in your mouth approximately three minutes to get an accurate reading.
How does an ear thermometer measure the temperature?
An ear thermometer should be placed carefully in an ear to measure the temperature. The temperature is then taken by an infrared mechanism in the thermometer.
