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2. Vital Signs. Vital signs are an outward clue to what is going on in the patient's body. 3. Vital Signs. Baseline Vital Signs provide a basis for comparison of later sets of Vital Signs. 4. Vital Signs. It is important to monitor
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1. 1 VITAL SIGNS
Alachua County Fire Rescue
2. 2 Vital Signs Vital signs are an outward clue to what is going on in the patient’s body
3. 3 Vital Signs Baseline Vital Signs provide a basis for comparison of later sets of Vital Signs
4. 4 Vital Signs It is important to monitor “trends” in Vital Signs rather than individual sets of Vital Signs
5. 5 Pulse Pulse Points
6. 6 Pulse Pulse Points
7. 7 Pulse Rate
Adult
60-80 Beats/minute
Child
80-110 Beats/minute
Infant
120-150 Beats/minute
8. 8 Pulse Rhythm
Regular
Irregular
9. 9 Pulse Quality
Full
Weak (Thready)
Bounding
10. 10 Respirations Rate
Adult
12-24 Resp/min
Child
20-28 Resp/min
11. 11 Respirations Rate
Infant
30-70 Resp/min @ birth
30 Resp/min @ 6 months
12. 12 Respirations Rhythm
Regular
Irregular
13. 13 Respiration Quality
Full
Deep
Shallow
Labored
Noisy
14. 14 Blood Pressure Systolic - Pressure on the arterial wall when the heart contracts
Diastolic - Pressure on the arterial wall when the heart is at rest
15. 15 Blood Pressure Auscultated BP - Listening for both the systolic and diastolic values
Palpated BP - Feeling for the systolic pressure
16. 16 Auscultated Blood Pressure Adult
Male
100+ Age (up to 50)
80
Female
90 + Age (up to 50
80
17. 17 Auscultated Blood Pressure Child
94 - 100
56 - 64
18. 18 Auscultated Blood Pressure Infant
At Birth
60 - 80
40 - 76
At 6 Months
90
40-76
19. 19 Estimating Blood Pressure Radial Pulse Present?
>80 Systolic
20. 20 Estimating Blood Pressure Femoral Pulse Present?
>70 Systolic
<80 Systolic
21. 21 Estimating Blood Pressure Carotid Pulse Present?
>60 Systolic
<70 Systolic
22. 22 Vital Signs DO NOT TREAT NUMBERS - - - - - - TREAT PEOPLE!!!!