1. EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER
5/8/2018
VITAL SIGNS
EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER
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2. State Standard
20) Accurately perform the components of patient assessment to identify and manage immediate life threatening illnesses and injuries within the scope of practice of the EMR for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients, utilizing rubrics from textbooks, National HOSA guidelines, or clinical standards of practice. Include the following areas:
a. Scene Size-up
b. Primary Survey or Assessment
c. History Taking
d. Secondary Assessment
e. Reassessment
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3. Objectives Students will be able to…
Describe appropriate levels for each of the vital signs.
Correctly perform a Vital Sign assessment on a partner.
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4. Vital Signs
Vital signs are an outward clue to what is going on in the patient’s body
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5. Vital Signs
Baseline Vital Signs provide a basis for comparison of later sets of VitalSigns
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6. Vital Signs
It is important to monitor “trends” in Vital Signs rather than individual sets of Vital Signs
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7. Pulse Pulse Points Carotid Brachial Radial Femoral Popliteal
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8. Pulse Pulse Points Dorsal Pedal Posterior Tibial
(Posterior and slightly inferior to medial Malleolus)
Pulse Points
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9. Pulse Rate Adult Child Infant 60-80 Beats/minute 80-110 Beats/minute
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10. Pulse
Rhythm
Regular
Irregular
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11. Pulse
Quality
Full
Weak (Thready)
Bounding
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12. Respirations Rate Adult Child 12-24 Resp/min 20-28 Resp/min
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13. Respirations Rate Infant 30-70 Resp/min @ birth 30 Resp/min @ 6 months
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14. Respirations
Rhythm
Regular
Irregular
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15. Respiration Quality Full Deep Shallow Labored Noisy
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16. Blood Pressure
Systolic - Pressure on the arterial wall when the heart contracts
Diastolic - Pressure on the arterial wall when the heart is at rest
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17. Blood Pressure
Auscultated BP - Listening for both the systolic and diastolic values
Palpated BP - Feeling for the systolic pressure
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18. Auscultated Blood Pressure
Adult
Male
100+ Age (up to 50) 80
Female
90 + Age (up to 50
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19. Auscultated Blood Pressure
Child
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20. Auscultated Blood Pressure
Infant
At Birth
At 6 Months 90
40-76
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21. Estimating Blood Pressure
Radial Pulse Present?
>80 Systolic
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22. Estimating Blood Pressure
Femoral Pulse Present?
>70 Systolic
<80 Systolic
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23. Estimating Blood Pressure
Carotid Pulse Present?
>60 Systolic
<70 Systolic
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24. Vital Signs DO NOT TREAT NUMBERS - - - - - - TREAT PEOPLE!!!!
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25. Activity
With a partner practice taking a complete set of vital signs (pulse, respiratory rate, temperature, blood pressure)
Determine if your partners vitals are normal or abnormal.
***Have we met all our objectives?****
Once finished you will begin to work on your vital sign check off activity individually.
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