1. Vital Signs
Concepts of Practice

2. Mechanisms of Temperature

3. Factors Affecting Body Temperature

4. Reading Body Temperature

5. Pulse

6. Pulse affecting factors

7. Normal Rates

8. Pulse Oximetry
an oximeter that measures the proportion of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood in pulsating vessels, especially the capillaries of the finger or ear.

9. Blood Pressure

10. Systolic vs Diastolic

11. How it works

12. Factors Affecting Blood Pressure

13. What to look out for

14. Videos/Assignments
Watch video numbers 10, 15 and 18 on the International MAA website.
Using the Vital Signs checklists, take VS on three people in your group