Osce Exam - Vital Signs

Front 1

4 questions before starting

Back 1

Have you smoked, drank, eaten or exercised in the past hour?

Front 2

Ask patient what during vital signs?

Back 2

Please refrain from speaking and uncross legs, feet flat on ground, back against chair.

Front 3

Blood Presure

Back 3

1) Palpate brachial artery above anticubital fossa and medial of arm.

2)Place cuff around arm, 2.5cm above anticubital

Front 4

Temp:

Back 4

Don't speak, close lips tightly.

Regular range is:

Oral: 36.5 - 37.5

Tympanic: 36 - 37.5

Signs of hypothermia or hyperthemia?

Front 5

Pulse

Back 5

Palpate for radial pulse.

Begin counting at 0. Say it out loud.

Takes pulse for 60 seconds.

Front 6

Pulse report

Back 6

Reports the pulse's:

Rate

Rhythm

Amplitude

Elasticity

Normal range (60-100 bpm)