{"id":141,"date":"2015-04-21T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T11:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:53:18","slug":"2-14-what-parts-of-the-body-are-used-in-determining-temperature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"2.14 What parts of the body are used in determining temperature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are three principal locations for taking the patient&#8217;s temperature.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MD0531_img_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MD0531_img_4.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 2-4. Three locations for taking temperatures.\" width=\"376\" height=\"552\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MD0531_img_4.jpg 376w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MD0531_img_4-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 2-4. Three locations for taking temperatures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>a. Mouth. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A temperature taken by placing a thermometer in the patient&#8217;s mouth is called an oral temperature. Most of the temperatures taken in a medical facility are oral temperatures. A thermometer designed for taking an oral temperature is called an oral thermometer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>b. Armpit. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A temperature taken by placing a thermometer under the patient&#8217;s arm in his armpit area is called an axillary temperature. A thermometer designed for taking oral temperatures is also used to take axillary temperatures.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>c. Rectum. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A temperature taken by holding a thermometer within the patient&#8217;s rectum is called a rectal temperature. A thermometer designed for taking a rectal temperature is called a rectal thermometer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three principal locations for taking the patient&#8217;s temperature. a. Mouth. A temperature taken by placing a thermometer in the patient&#8217;s mouth is called an oral temperature. Most of the temperatures taken in a medical facility are oral temperatures. A thermometer designed for taking an oral temperature is called an oral thermometer. b. Armpit. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=141\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2.14 What parts of the body are used in determining temperature?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/766"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}