2. Vital Signs  INFORMATION ABOUT THE BASIC BODY CONDITIONS OF PATIENTS

3. HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR TEMPERATURE TAKEN  WHY?

4. BODY TEMPERATURE  DEFINE  NORMAL RANGE

5. BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN HEAT LOSS AND HEAT PRODUCED IN THE BODY

6. Temperature Normal Ranges  Oral 97.6 - 99.6F (36.5 – 37.5C)  Rectal and Temporal 98.6-100.6F (37- 38.1C)  Axillary 96.6- 98.6F (36-37C)  Aural This provides a measurement of body core temperature so there is no normal range.

7. BODY TEMPERATURE  FACTORS THAT CHANGE BODY TEMPERATURE  DEFINE HYPERTHERMIA, HYPOTHERMIA AND FEVER  INDENTY 5 SITES TO CHECK TEMPERATURES

8. FACTORS THAT CHANGE BODY TEMPERATURE  ILLNESS AND INFECTION  EXERCISE AND/OR EXCITEMENT  HIGH/LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE ENVIRONMENT

9. HOW IS HEAT LOST?  PERSPIRATION  RESPIRATION  EXCRETION

10. HOW IS HEAT PRODUCED  METABOLISM OF FOOD

11. FEVER  TEMPERATURE ABOVE 100.4

12. HYPERTHERMIA  TEMPERATURE ABOVE 104 –DEATH AND CONVULSIONS TEMPERATURE ABOVE 106

13. HYPERTHERMIA  PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HOT TEMPERATURES  BRAIN DAMAGE  SERIOUS INFECTION

14. HYPOTHERMIA  TEMPERATURE BELOW 95 –DEATH TEMPERATURE BELOW 93

15. HYPOTHERMIA  STARVATION OR FASTING  DECREASE IN MUSCLE ACTIVITY  COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE ENVIRONMENT

16. Five Sites to Measure Temperature  Oral  Axillary/Groin  Temporal  Aural  Rectal

17. Types of Thermometers Clinical (oral, axillary and rectal) Electronic (oral, axillary, and rectal) Tympanic- aural Temporal Scanning- temporal

18. Clinical Thermometer  A clinical thermometer is a glass thermometer  They can be filled with mercury or alcohol with red dye  The component expands when exposed to heat  To avoid Mercury poisioning OSHA recommends alcohol or digital thermometers

19. Reading a Clinical Thermometer  Hold the thermometer at eye level  Rotate it slowly to find the solid column of mercury or alcohol  The thermometer is read at the point where the line ends

20. Reading a Clinical Thermometer  Each long line is read as 1 degree  Each short line represents 2/10 of a degree.2  Temperature is always recorded to the nearest 2/10 of a degree

21. Reading Thermometers  Electronic, tympanic and temporal thermometers are easy to read because they have digital displays.

22. Documenting Temperature  98 is an oral reading  99 (R) is a rectal reading  97 (Ax) is an axillary reading  100 (A) is an aural reading  101 (T) is a temporal reading

23. Conversion  Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius  C= (F-32)x5/9 or 0.5556  Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit  F=(Cx9/5 or 1.8)+32