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Respirations

Respirations. The rise and fall of the chest wall indicates 1 respiration You can count respirations for 30 seconds and multiply times 2 or if the patient is breathing abnormally, count them for one full minute The best time to take respirations is immediately following taking the pulse rate.

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Respirations

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  1. Respirations

  2. The rise and fall of the chest wall indicates 1 respiration • You can count respirations for 30 seconds and multiply times 2 or if the patient is breathing abnormally, count them for one full minute • The best time to take respirations is immediately following taking the pulse rate. ** Don’t let the patient know that you are taking their respirations

  3. Normal Respiratory rates • Newborns 30-80 • Toddlers 20-40 • 5-14 Year Olds 15-25 • Adults 12-20 • ** Report Respirations in Adults below 8 and above 28 Immediately to the Nurse

  4. Dyspnea: difficult or labored respirations • Apnea: absence of respirations, usually temporary. • Tachypnea: respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute. • Bradypnea: slow respiratory rate, usually below 10 respirations per minute. • Orthopnea: severe dyspnea in which breathing is very difficulty in any position other than sitting erect or standing. • Cheyne-Stokes: An abnormal type of breathing seen especially in comatose patients, characterized by alternating periods of shallow and deep breathing.

  5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5k3qv0tBHQ

  6. Lung sounds • http://www.stethographics.com/main/physiology_ls_rhonchi.html • http://www.easyauscultation.com/lung-sounds-reference-guide.aspx

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