✓ Inspection (when you first see the patient)
✓ Palpation (confirms inspection)
✓ Percussion (tapping on skin) (direct vs indirect)
✓ Auscultation (listening
Definition for: Indicate some of the body's basic functions but reflect many
things about health
✓ Vital Signs
VITAL SIGNS
When should you do more frequently?
✓ Critical situation
✓ After surgery
✓ During blood transfusions
✓ Changes in patient status
VITAL SIGNS
Adult body temp range and average?
✓ Range - 96.4-99.1 F and 35.8-37.3 C
✓ Average - 98.6 F and 37 C
Type of temp we use commonly and involved an artery
✓ Forehead (temporal artery)
VITAL SIGNS
Definition of contraction of ventricles pumps blood into arteries through aorta
✓ Pulse
VITAL SIGNS
Pulse site that is the most acurate?
✓ Apical
VITAL SIGNS
Pulse site that is the most common?
✓ Radial
VITAL SIGNS
When do you count for a full minute during pulse?
✓ When the count is irregular
✓ Otherwise 30 seconds and x by 2
VITAL SIGNS
Factors that are influencing Pulse
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