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Vitals!

Vitals!. Blood Pressure using BP cuff. Fit cuff snugly around arm, slightly above elbow area Put on stethoscope, placing the bell over the brachial artery Make sure valve is twisted close Start pumping bulb to about 180-200, or when you hear no more sounds through stethoscope

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Vitals!

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  1. Vitals!

  2. Blood Pressure using BP cuff • Fit cuff snugly around arm, slightly above elbow area • Put on stethoscope, placing the bell over the brachial artery • Make sure valve is twisted close • Start pumping bulb to about 180-200, or when you hear no more sounds through stethoscope • Instantly untwist the valve SLIGHTLY! So air can escape • Watch as the meter descends; the number that you first hear a pulse is the systolic pressure (the meter should bounce/pause slightly) • it’ll continue pausing per pulse beat • The last pulse beat is the diastolic pressure

  3. How to interpret heart rate • What you’ll need: Stethoscope and a watch • Place the stethoscope over the patient’s heart, find the heart beat • Count how many heartbeats occur in 15 secs and multiply by 4 OR count 10 secs and multiply by 6 • You can simultaneously take the resting respiration rate by counting the number of breaths for one minute by counting how many times the chest rises

  4. Taking Pulse • Place 2 fingers firmly over lateral side of wrist (for all of you anatomy fans, it’s the radial artery) • Count how many pulses occur in 10 seconds/ multiply by 6.

  5. Blood Pressure • Age Systolic Diastolic Average • Newborn65-95 30-60 80-60 • Infant 65-115 42-80 90-61 • 3 Year 76-122 46-84 99-65 • 6 Year 85-115 48-64 100-56 • 10 Year 93-125 46-68 109-58 • 14 Year 99-137 51-71 118/61 • Adult 100-140 60-90 120-80

  6. Body Temperature • Normal Body Tempadult oral-98.6axillary - 97.6 

  7. Resting Respiration • Age Normal Average • Newborn 30-50 40 • 1 year 20-40 30 • 3 Year 20-30 25 • 6 Year 16-22 19 • 14 Year 14-20 17 • Adult 12-20 18

  8. Normal Pulse Age Normal Average Newborn 100-170 140 1 year 80-170 120 3 year 80-130 110 6 year 75-120 100 10 Year 70-110 90 14 Year 60-110 90 Adult 60-100 80

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