Body Temperature
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PURPOSE• Detect fever.• Detect abnormally low body temperature
(hypothermia) in people who have been exposed to cold.
• Detect abnormally high body temperature (hyperthermia) in people who have been exposed to heat.
• Help monitor the effectiveness of a fever-reducing medicine.
• Help plan for pregnancy by determining if a woman is ovulating
Celcius = °C
TEMPERATURE SCALEIs measured in
36°C – 37.2 °C
NORMAL TEMPERATURE
Is
THE MOST COMMON SITES OF MEASURING BODY TEMPERATURE
TYPES OFTHERMOMETE
R
MERCURY GLASS / PLASTIC THERMOMETER
ELECTRONIC / DIGITAL THERMOMETER
CHEMICAL DISPOSABLE THERMOMETER /
TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE TAPE
INFRARED THERMOMETER( THERMOSCAN )
TEMPORAL ARTERY THERMOMETER
PRE PROCEDURE• Greet and explain procedure to the patient
PRE PROCEDURE• Provide privacy and perform hand hygiene
PRE PROCEDURE• Apply ear probe cover to thermoscan probe
PRE PROCEDURE• Ensure the reading in degree Celcius
PRE PROCEDURE• Inform patient to pull pinna, pull pinna
backward and downward and insert thermoscan probe into ear cannal
PRE PROCEDURE• Press ‘START’ button until heard ‘beep’
sound
PRE PROCEDURE• Remove probe from ear and inform patient
reading
PRE PROCEDURE• Remove ear probe cover and discard
appropraitely
POST PROCEDURE• Perform hand hygiene
POST PROCEDURE• Inform SRN or doctor abnormal result
POST PROCEDURE• Document reading
> 37.3 °C
ALSO CALLED PYREXIAIs a high temperature above normal range :
41°C
HYPERPYREXIAIs a very high
temperature above :
< 36°C
HYPOTHERMIAIs low temperature below
normal range :