An artery delivers oxygenated blood to other parts of the body including organs. Because of this, they have high pressure and are larger because of the demand for blood. If an artery is severed; the heart is continually pumping more blood through that artery and without being clamped a person can easily bleed out.

This is different from veins since veins are returning the blood to the lungs to get oxygenated, so they have a lower pressure and lower demand. That's why when you give or have blood taken it's done in a vein since it has a lower volume and is able to clot more quickly then an artery could.

The brain can only survive without oxygen for a very short amount of time. The priorities in an injured person are to remove the person from the area of danger, then to ensure an adequate airway, breathing and assess circulation.

Airway is the most important because without an open airway and adequate breathing to promote oxygenation of blood, all other interventions will fail. In the setting of injury, especially if there is potential for head or neck injury, cervical spine stabilization should be maintained. This means that when opening the airway, you should not extend the neck. Instead a jaw lift should be performed and an airway adjunct may be needed to lift the tongue from the oropharynx to open the airway.

Breathing may need to be assisted if there are no spontaneous ventilations. This can be done mouth-to-mouth or with an assistive device, such as a bag-valve-mask. ---- her tongue may fall backward and obstruct her airway ---- For the Air Force SABC: her tongue may fall backward and obstruct her airway

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The normal range varies with age, gender, and height (measure as a percentile for age).

Check both 'Related Links' to determine average blood pressure.

Thyroid hormones help regulate body temperature in addition to the hypothalamus of the brain.

For the heartrate, it is the Electrocardiograph...the ECG.

Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception.

Evidence supports that multiple dietary factors affect blood pressure. One Example of diet change that effectively lower blood pressure is weight loss.

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A high blood pressure can cause a headache, but there are many other things that can cause headache.

Your Artery expands and contracts with each heart beat.

Only one pulse is found near the wrist, this is called the radial pulse.

Eupnea

Yes, as the water changes state from liquid to gas it has a high latent heat- meaning that heat is transferred from the skin to the atmosphere as the water evaporates, much in the same way sweating works. However this technique will only mildly lower the surface temperature of the body, if the body is suffering from heat exhaustion more extreme methods of lowering body temperature should be used such as using a cool shower. Note that cold water should not be used to lower the body temperature as it may cause vasconstriction of the capillaries near the skin which can have counter productive consequences.

There are several different medications that are used to treat primary complex. Some of these medications include Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol.

Hypothermia. Broken down: Hypo- meaning 'low'. -thermia referring to temperature.

Normal oxygen saturation levels vary slightly depending on age and activity. A blood oxygen level of less than 90 percent is considered abnormal. The organs in the body need a continuous supply of oxygen to function properly. If oxygen saturation levels in the body become too low, various problems can develop. When oxygen saturation is too low it is called Hypoxemia.

Providing that they don't have any health problems that may alter their vital signs i.e. heart disease, they should be the same as they are for any adult. Blood pressure- 120/80 Temperature-36- 38 degrees Pulse- 60-100 beats per minute Respirations- 12- 20 breaths per minute

That is considered borderline high blood pressure, however, a one time reading of blood pressure is not enough to make adiagnosis. Some peoples blood pressure goes up just by going to the doctor, called the white coat syndrome. Blood pressure can go up with stress, pain, anxiety, exercise ect...the best thing to do is to take serial readings to get an average. It should average below 140/90 at rest.

vitamin K is the antidote for all blood thinners, heprin leaves the system faster than other blood thinners such as coumadin.

how does state of hydration affect vital sign

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