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How many minutes to get the body temperature using a thermometer?
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∙ 11y ago
The time required is as follows: 3 minutes if used in mouth and 5 minutes if used under the armpits. One degree is added in the last instance.
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How can you measure a body temperature?
What kind of thermometer you use to measure the body temperature
What is a fever thermometer?
a fever thermometer, is a thermometer that you can use to check your body temperature.
What are alternatives to thermometers?
There are no convenient alternatives to using a thermometer to measure body temperature.
How is your body's warmth measured?
Your body's warmth is measured with a thermometer. There are different types of thermometers depending on where you take the person's temperature.
What instrument measures body temperature?
A thermometer is used to meusure your body temperature either it can be clinical thermometer or digital thermometer.
Can body temperature be measured by keeping the thermometer at some place other than the mouth?
Yes. Temperature can be taken under the armpit (auxilla region), on the forehead using a thermometer strip (normally used for infants) and rectally using a rectal thermometer.
Which thermometer would you use to measure the temperature of the body temperature of a patient?
Clinical thermometer
A student claims that the thermometers are useless because a thermometer always registers its own temperature. how would you respond?
It is true that thermometers always registers its own temperature.When thermometers are in contact with a respective body heat is exchanged between the thermometer and the body.After some time they are in equilibrium state.As both of their temperature are now the same, temperature of thermometer is registered equal to that of the body as a result.
What does a thermometer tell?
body temperature.
What does a thermometer tell you?
body temperature.
Can body temperature be measured by keeping the thermometer other than the mouth?
Body temperature can also be measured with a thermometer at the armpit i believe.
Why is a temperature sensor more of an advantage than using a thermometer?
a temperature semsor is more accurate at measuring things like body heat
