Week 3: Vitals, OTF, FIM Flashcards
What type of clients were baseline vitals are needed?
- Clients recovering from recent trauma/illness/hospitalization/secondary diagnoses
- Clients with current or previous cardiovascular/cardiopulmonary conditions
- Clients who are not very active or who have limited aerobic activities
- Client’s with general fatigue or debility
The very young and very old (older than 65)
- Level or amount of activity
- Emotional status of person
- Physiological status of client
- Environmental temperature
- Client’s age
Factors influencing vital signs
What are some things contributing to physiological status of client?
Illness, disease, use of medication, trauma
What are some possible adverse and potentially dangerous responses to activity and exercise?
- Confusion
- Slow reactions of movement or response to directions
- Lethargy
- Fatigue
- Decreased response to verbal or tactile stimulus
- Fixed gaze or eyes rolling back in someone’s head
- Complaints of nausea, vertigo, decrease in BP, pupil constriction/dilation
- Loss of consciousness/fainting
- Diaphoresis (profuse sweating)
Blood pressure is at which pressure?
brachial arterial pressure (major vessel which takes blood away from heart)
T/F: Pressure of circulating blood increases as it moves further away from heart
False. Pressure of circulating blood decreases as it moves further away from heart
is BP at the time of contraction of left ventricle heart
Systolic pressure
is the BP at the time of the rest period of the heart
Diastolic pressure
5 phases of Korotkoff’s Sound
Phase 1: first, faint, clear tapping sound which gradually increases (first indication of systolic pressure of an adult)
Phase 2: murmur or swishing quality present
Phase 3: sounds become crisp and louder than before
Phase 4: distinct and abrupt muffling of sounds until a soft, blowing sound is heard (initial indicator of the diastolic BP)
Phase 5: muted sound, disappearance of sound, also known as second diastolic pressure phase
distinct and abrupt muffling of sounds until a soft, blowing sound is heard (initial indicator of the diastolic BP)
Phase 4
Faint, clear tapping sound which gradually increases (first indication of systolic pressure of an adult)
Phase 1
sounds become crisp and louder than before
Phase 3
muted sound, disappearance of sound, also known as second diastolic pressure phase
Phase 5
murmur or swishing quality present
Phase 2
What are 2 specific Korotkoff sounds to record in BP?
Second sound and the first faint/muted sound… that is the BP to record
For more accurate reading, client can’t have coffee ,cigarette, or done strenuous exercise in last 30 mins
Normal BP?
120 mm of mercury/80 mmHg
Systolic 120-139
Diastolic 80-89
Pre-Hypertension
Systolic 140-159
Diastolic 90-99
Stage 1 Hypertension
Systolic 160+
Diastolic 100+
Stage 2 Hypertension
Age, obesity, physical inactivity, nicotine/salt/alcohol use, arteriosclerosis, DM, kidney disease, race, diet, dehydration, size & condition of arteries, arm position, cardiac output, etc…
Factors contributing to HTN
known as the “silent killer”
Hypertension
Abnormal when Diastolic pressure increases more than _____ mmHG during the activity
Diastolic pressure increases more than 10-15 mmHg during the activity
Systolic BP with vigorous exercise is normal to go up by _____ mmHG. Anything greater would be significant.
Systolic BP with vigorous exercise is normal to go up by 40-60 mmHG.
T/F: It is normal with exercise for systolic BP to go up by 50-60 mmHG
False. 40-60
Diastolic pressure increase by how many mmHG during exercise?
10-15
Can assess by observation or touch: rate, rhythm, depth, character
Respiration Rate
What is normal RR for adults?
12-18 respirations per minute
What is normal RR for kids?
30-50 respirations per minute
Can assess by observation or touch:
Rate = number of breaths per minute
Rhythm = regularity of the pattern
Depth = amount of air exchanged with each respiration
Character = deviations from normal, resting, or quiet respiration
Respiration Rate
RR, what is number of breaths per minute?
Rate
RR, what is Depth?
Amount of air exchanged with each respiration
RR, what is rhythm?
regularity of pattern
RR, what is character?
deviations from normal, resting, quiet respiration
2 ways people breathe?
Upper thoracic or abdominal breather
T/F: With respiratory distress, a person can demonstrate both thoracic and abdominal breathing
True
Age Emotional status Physical activity Air quality Altitude disease/illness
Factors Affecting respiration
indirect measure of the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart
Heart Rate
Normal Adult HR
60-100
Normal newborn HR
100-130
Normal kid HR
80-120
Medications Emotional status Age and gender Temperature of environment Infection (recall dysphagia signs and symptoms) Physical activity/condition Cardiopulmonary disease
Factors affecting HR
Pulse rate should return to normal pulse rate approximately ___ minutes after activity.
3-5 mins
What arteries used for HR?
Carotid and Radial
even beats w/good force to each beat
strong and regular
even beats w/weak force to each beat
weak and regular
both strong and weak beat/force but regular beat
irregular
weak force to each beat, and irregular heart beats
thready
HR under 60
bradycardia
HW over 100
tachycardia
For adults, acceptable normal range for temperature
96.8 to 99.3
Time of day
Age
Emotional status
Environmental temperature
Infection (remember dysphagia signs & symptoms)
Site of assessment (oral cavity can fluctuate depending on hot/cold food or beverage)
Physical activity
Factors affecting Temperature
What is oxygen saturation?
Measures the client’s oxygen saturation level in the blood
T/F: Should be maintained above 90% at rest & during activity
True
Pain Analog Scale
1-10 (10 being most pain)
Biomechanical FOR Concerned with:
Musculoskeletal capacity
Peripheral nerve involvement/dysfunction
Cardiopulmonary system dysfunction (related to endurance)
Best suited for clients with isolated/selective motor control
Biomechanical FOR
T/F: Biomechnical best suited for clients with an intact central nervous system (Pedreti & Pasquinelli, 1990) because clients must be able to perform smooth, isolated movements.
True
True or False: After ROM, strength, and endurance are regained, the client will automatically regain function
False. Research shows that improvement of biomechanical components alone does not necessarily improve engagement in occupation.
What assumptions of biomechanical FOR?
- Occupational performance requires the ability to move the limbs and the endurance to sustain activity/movement until a goal is accomplished.
- Purposeful activities can be used to treat loss of ROM, strength, and endurance
Assessing endurance…
Part of the Biomechanical FOR, but mainly done during occupational performance evaluation & linked to the Rehabilitation FOR “Activity tolerance”