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Vital signs (Lecture 1 (Temperature (Test and range of temperatures…
Vital signs
Lecture 1
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Accuracy is essential when getting vital signs. It is the first indication of a disease or abnormality
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Lecture 2
Taking a radial pulse
Measured by your index, middle, and ring fingers over a pulse point.
Count for 30 seconds and multiply by two, or count for 60 seconds
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Pulse rate
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Varies depending on age, sex, and body size
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Pulse deficit
Occurs in some heart where there is no pulse felt because the heart is either too weak to create a pulse, or the heart beats too fast for the heart to fill with blood
Pulse volume
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describe with words such as strong, weak or bound
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Lecture 3
Respiration
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characteristics
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describe as deep, shallow, labored, moist, difficult, stertorus
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depth, clarity, pain, difficulty
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Lecture 4
Blood pressure
measures of the pressure that blood exerts on the walls of the arteries during the various stages of heart activity
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Systolic- pressure that occurs when the heart is contracting, normal rage is 100-140mm, normal is 120mm,
note the sound when the cuffs air is being released
Diastolic- pressure when the heart is at rest,
normal range is 60-90mm, normal is 80mm
note when the sound first immediately stops
pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic pressure and is normaly between 30 and 50 mmHg
Hypertension
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People with hypertension say they feel normal but may have stress, or anxiety, or be obese etc.
Hypotension
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occurs with shock, dehydration, burns, etc.