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Normal Respiratory Rate for adults |
12-20 Breaths per min |
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Respiratory Rate of Children |
15-30 Breaths per min |
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Respiratory Rate for Infants |
20-40 Breaths per min |
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What are you looking for in the respiratory Rate? |
Rate/Rhythm/Quality |
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What is Systolic Blood Pressure? |
The amount of pressure in the arterial walls during contraction |
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What is diastolic pressure? |
Pressure in the arterial walls during relaxation. |
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When should you be concerned of a patient's respiratory Rate? |
Respirations greater than 24 a min or less than 8 should be a concern. |
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What is ausculatation? |
Obtaining a blood pressure using a stethoscope and a BP cuff. |
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What is palpitation? |
Getting a BP with a BP cuff but no stethoscope using the palpitation of the pulse to get the Systolic. |
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What is the pediatric formula for systolic blood pressure? |
70-90 + (Age×2) |
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What is the formula for pediatric diastolic blood pressure? |
2/3 of the Systolic pressure |
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What is the formula for pulse pressure? |
Systolic pressure minus the diastolic pressure |
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How much mmHg does a Radial pulse indicate systolic? |
80mmHg |
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How much mmHg does a brachial pulse indicate? |
70mmHg |
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What is the normal blood pressure range for an adult? |
Adult systolic 100-140 and 70-90 diastolic |
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When do you use orthostatic Blood pressure? |
When the patient is suspected volume loss of fluid or blood. |
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What is an orthostatic tilt test? |
When you take a blood pressure and heart rate of a patient in the supine position and then take it again with the patient standing up then record any changes. |
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If the patient is stable you take vitals signs every: |
15 min |
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If patient is unstable you take vitals signs every: |
5min |
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Narrow pulse pressure indicates: |
Is less than 25% of the systolic number and can indicate fluid in the pericardium sac around the heart or hypoxia. |
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Wide Pulse Pressure indicates: |
The difference is greater than 50% systolic and usually indicative of a stoke. |
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If you obtain a blood pressure first with the pt supine and then 2min after he stands up. If it's a difference in 10 systolic then? |
It's considered orthostatic however, you have to remember to interpret findings based on the pts overall presentation |
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What is a pulse oximeter? |
It measures the amount of hemoglobin in your blood. |
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What does OPQRST stand for? |
Onset, Provoke, Quality, Radiation, Severity, and Time |
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What is SAMPLE stand for? |
Signs & Symptoms, Allergies, Medicines, Past Medical History, Last Oral Intake, Events Prior |
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When assessing the skin what are looking for? |
The color, temperature, and condition. |
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How do check the capillary refill on pediatrics? |
On pediatrics check them on the abdomen not extremities |
