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VITAL SIGNS

VITAL SIGNS. Vital Access to the Patients True Condition. Vital Signs. Vital signs are an outward clue to what is going on in the patient’s body. Vital Signs. Baseline Vital Signs provide a starting point to evaluate the status of a patients condition

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VITAL SIGNS

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  1. VITAL SIGNS Vital Access to the Patients True Condition

  2. Vital Signs • Vital signs are an outward clue to what is going on in the patient’s body Vital Signs

  3. Vital Signs • Baseline Vital Signs provide a starting point to evaluate the status of a patients condition • A tool for the EMT and other medical professionals to monitor changes within the patients condition Vital Signs

  4. Vital Signs • It is important to monitor “trends” in Vital Signs rather than individual sets of Vital Signs Vital Signs

  5. Carotid Brachial Radial Femoral Popliteal Pulse • Pulse Points Vital Signs

  6. Dorsal Pedal Posterior Tibial (Posterior and slightly inferior to medial Malleolus) Pulse • Pulse Points Vital Signs

  7. Pulse • Normal Rate • Adult • 60-80 Beats/minute • Child • 80-110 Beats/minute • Infant • 120-150 Beats/minute Vital Signs

  8. Pulse • Rhythm • Regular • Irregular • Irregularly Irregular Vital Signs

  9. Pulse • Quality • Full • Weak (Thready) • Bounding Vital Signs

  10. Respirations • Rate • Adult • 12-24 Resp/min • Child • 20-28 Resp/min Vital Signs

  11. Respirations • Rate • Infant • 30-70 Resp/min @ birth • 30 Resp/min @ 6 months Vital Signs

  12. Respirations • Rhythm • Regular • Irregular • Fast • Slow Vital Signs

  13. Respiration • Quality • Full • Deep • Shallow • Noisy Vital Signs

  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 • Coronary Arteries are opposite Vital Signs

  15. Blood Pressure • Auscultated BP - Listening for both the systolic and diastolic values • Palpated BP - Feeling for the systolic pressure Vital Signs

  16. Auscultated Blood Pressure • Adult • Male • 100+ Age (up to 50) • 80 • Female • 90 + Age (up to 50) • 80 Vital Signs

  17. Auscultated Blood Pressure • Child • 94 - 100 • 56 - 64 Vital Signs

  18. Auscultated Blood Pressure • Infant • At Birth • 60 - 80 • 40 - 76 • At 6 Months • 90 • 40-76 Vital Signs

  19. Estimating Blood Pressure • Radial Pulse Present? • >80 Systolic Vital Signs

  20. Estimating Blood Pressure • Femoral Pulse Present? • >70 Systolic • <80 Systolic Vital Signs

  21. Estimating Blood Pressure • Carotid Pulse Present? • >60 Systolic • <70 Systolic Vital Signs

  22. Don’t Loose Focus • Treat the patient not the machine Any Questions? Vital Signs

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