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When was the first thermometer invented?
In 1612 the inventor Santorio Santorio became the first to put a scale on his thermometer. It was perhaps the first crude clinical thermometer as it was designed to be placed in a patients mouth for temperature taking
How should you check your temperature?
Put a thermometer under your tongue and close your mouth tightly.
Can basking sharks close their mouth?
It is taking in plankton for food or water for air in its gills
Why does the temperature not fall immediately after taking a clinical thermometer from the mouth?
Because there is a constriction to prevent the indicator fluid falling to allow the maximum temperature to be read.
How should the thermometer be inserted when taking a oral temperature using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
How should a thermometer be inserted when taking an oral temperature when using an electronic thermometer?
under the tongue to the side of the mouth
What individuals are vulnerable to infection from candidiasis?
Candida may cause mouth infections in people with reduced immune function, or in patients taking certain antibiotics.
Where other than the mouth can temperature be obtained from?
Axilla (The Armpit)Rectal (Anus)Tympanic (Ear)Be mindful of taking someones temperature where there is an infection.E.g.: Ear infection, Diarrhoea
What are three ways of taking a vital temperature?
Three ways of taking a vital temperature are using a digital thermometer orally, using a tympanic thermometer in the ear, or using a temporal artery thermometer on the forehead.
Why patient cannot close mouth on saliva ejector?
Saliva ejectors use a low pressure suction. If the patient closes on the suction, there may be enough back pressure to allow fluid to travel from the dental line into the patients mouth. Fluid from the dental line is potentially contaminated with biofilms as well as the saliva from other patients
When might aural method be used to take body temperature?
Aural temperatures are taken in the ear. This type of temperature taking is useful for the very young who cannot hold a thermometer in their mouth.
Which muscle of the mouth does not close the mouth?
masseter
