Vital Signs Flashcards
Definition
- Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure
- Indicates the state of health of individual
Define Temperature
Difference between heat produced and heat lost by the body
4 methods of checking temperature
- Oral Method
- Axillary Method
- Rectal Method
- Non-contact Method
Both of these methods have the following contradictions:
- Infants
- Unconscious and Irrational Patients
- Patients with Oral cavity and surgery in mouth
- Patients that recently taken cold or hot food or fluids
Oral Method and Axillary Method
This method has the following contradictions:
- With recent rectal surgery
- Patients with diarrhea
- Patiends having cardiovascular alternation
- Pateints with leukemia
Rectal Method
Define Pulse
Rythmical throbbing caused by wave of blood passing through and artery as heart contracts
What are the possible sites to checking for a person’s pulse?
- Temporal artery
- Carotid artery
- Brachial Artery
- Radial Artery
- Apical Artery
- Femoral Artery
- Popliteal Artery
- Posterior Tibialis
- Dorsalis Pedis
What should we be mindful of when taking a person’s pulse? R.R.T.V
Rate, Rythm, Tension, and Volume
Average Normal Pulse rate range for new borns?
80 to 180 bpm
Average Normal Pulse rate range for 1 year olds?
80 - 140 bpm
Average Normal Pulse rate range for 5 - 8 yrs old
75 - 120 bpm
Average Normal Pulse rate range for 10 yr olds
50 - 90 bpm
Average Normal Pulse rate range for Teens
50 - 90
Average Normal Pulse rate range for Adults
60 - 100 bpm
Average Normal Pulse rate range for elderly
60 - 100 bpm
Purpose for checking a person’s pulse
estimate quality of the heart’s action per minute
Where do we assess a new borne or infants pulse
Brachial, apical, or femoral aretery
Define Respiration
exchange of oxygene and CO2 between the atmoshpere and body cells initiated by breathing
Purpose for checking a person’s cpr
obtain patient’s respiratory status