EMT Complete Basic Worktext - Chapert 10 Vital Signs and Medical History
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| What is a Symptom | Something that is experienced and described by the patient as it pertains to his cheif complaint | ||||
| What is a Sign | Something that the EMT can see or observe or has a value that can be recorded | ||||
| Examples of Symptoms include... | Fatigue, Nausea, Pain, Headache, Double Vision, Lightheadedness, and Thirst | ||||
| Examples of Signs include... | Skin Color, temperature and moisture. Pulse Rate, strength, and regularity. Vomiting. Blood Pressure. Bruise. Deformity. Swelling | ||||
| Baseline vital Signs | The very first set of vital signs obtained on the patient during a call | ||||
| Trending | The comparing of multiple sets of vital signs over a period of time in order to reveal a trend in the patients condition. | ||||
| Normal respirator rates (breaths per minute at rest) Adult | 12 to 20; above 24 serious; Below 10 Serious | ||||
| Normal respirator rates (breaths per minute at rest) Adolescent 11-14 years | 12 to 20 | ||||
| Normal respirator rates (breaths per minute at rest) School Age 6 to 10 | 15 to 30 | ||||
| Normal respirator rates (breaths per minute at rest) Preschool 3 to 5 years | 20 to 30 | ||||
| Normal respirator rates (breaths per minute at rest) Newborn | 30 to 50 | ||||
| Snoring Sounds | Airway blocked / Open patients airway prompt transport | ||||
| Wheezing | Medical problem such as asthma assist patient in taking perscribed medications; prompt transport | ||||
| Gurgling | Fluids in airway/ suction airway prompt transport | ||||
| Crowing (harsh sound when inhaling) | medical problem that cannot be treated on the scene ; prompt transport | ||||
| What are the charachteristics of respirations | Rate, Depth, Ease, Sound | ||||
| Tidal Volume | the amount of air moved in and out with each breath. | ||||
| Ease of resperation is described in one of the following ways | Unlabored; Labored (mild, moderate, severe) | ||||
| wheezing | this is a high pitched sound that is indicative of lower airway constriction. this can be heard during both inhalation and exhalaton. | ||||
| Stridor | This harshe high pitched sound can occur dring inhilation or exhalation and is indicative of partial upper airway obstruction | ||||
| Crackles | Thes are find cracling sounds that can be heard with a stethoscope during inhalation as aire is forced through fluid or mucus i the lower airways | ||||
| Cartoid Pulse | The pulse point located on either side of the anterior neck lateral to the trachea | ||||
| Brachael Pulse | Pulse point felt in two locations on the inside of the upper arm and over the medial aspect of the anterior elbow | ||||
| Radial Pulse | pulse point located over the lateral aspect of the anterior wrist | ||||
| Femoral pulse | pulse point located deep in the groin between the hip and the inside of the upper thight | ||||
| popliteal pulse | pulse point located over the posterior aspect of the knee | ||||
| dorsal pedis (pedal) pulse | pulse point located over the anterior foot. | ||||
| Posterior tibial pulse | pulse point located over the medial ankle just posterior to the ankle bones | ||||
| Pulse rates (Beats per minute) Aadult | 60 to 100 | ||||
| Pulse rates (Beats per minute) Children 11 to 14 | 60 to 105 | ||||
| Pulse rates (Beats per minute) School age 6 to 10 | 70 to 110 | ||||
| Pulse rates (Beats per minute) Newborn | 120 to 160 | ||||
| Pulse Quality rapid and regular | Exertion, fright, fever, high bloodpressure, first stage of blood loss | ||||
| Pulse Quality Rapid and regular Slow | Shock, later stages of blood loss | ||||
| Pulse Quality Slow | Head Injury, drugs, some poisons, some heart problems, lack of oxygen in children | ||||
| Pulse Quality irregular | Possible abnormal electrical heart activity (Arrthmia) | ||||
| Pulse Quality No pulse | Cardiac arrest (clinical death) | ||||
| Blood Pressure adult male | 100 plus age in years to 40 for systolic and 60 to 90 for the diastolic | ||||
| Blood Pressure adult female | 90 plus age in years to age 40 for systolic and 60 to 90 for diastolic | ||||
| Adolescent | 90 or lower systolic and 2/3 of the systolic pressure | ||||
| AUSCULTATION | THE ACT OF LISTENING FOR SOUNDS MADE BY INTERNAL ORGANS SUCH AS THE LUNGS AND THE HEART. aLSO THE TECHNIQUE USED TO LISTEN FOR PULSE SOUNDS WHEN OBTAINING BLOOD PRESSURE | ||||
| palpation | the act of examining by feeling with the hands. Also a technique used for obtaining a blood pressure reading | ||||
| Systolic | the pressure created when the left ventricle contracts and forces blood out into the areteries | ||||
| Diastolic | the pressure remaining int he arteries when the left ventricle of the heart is relaxed and refilling | ||||
| a patients skin should be assessed for the following conditions | Color temperature and moisture | ||||
| Skin color can be assesed from the following areas for evidence of good perfusion | Face, Nail beds, Oral mucosa(inside the lower lip), conjunctivia (inside the lower eyelid) | ||||
| Pale | A whiteish skin condtion indicative of poor perfusion | ||||
| Cyanotic | a bluish skin color indicative of poor oxygenation | ||||
| flushed | a reddish skin clor commonly seen when someone is embarrassed or is suffering a heat related emergency | ||||
| jaundice | a yellowish color of the kin and whites of the eyes indicative of poor liver function | ||||
| diaphoretic | perspiring, sweaty, moist. A chartachterization of skin condition | ||||
| Cool clammy skin is | a sign of shock, or anxiety | ||||
| cold moist skin is | an indication that the body is losing heat | ||||
| cold dry skin is | exposure to cold | ||||
| hot dry skin is | high fever heat exposure | ||||
| Hot moist skin is | high fever, heat exposure | ||||
| Goos pimples accompanied by shivering, chattering teeth, blue lips, and place skin | Chills, communicable disease, exposure to cold, pain or fear. | ||||
| Capalarie refill test | a test used to assess perfusion status in the extemities | ||||
| As you observe a patients eyes, you will be observing for the following charachteristics | pupil size/shape; equality of pupil size; reactivity to light | ||||
| dialated pupils | pupils that are larger than normal | ||||
| Constricted pupils | pupils that are smaller than normal | ||||
| PERRL | a mneumonic used to evaluate a patients puple. the letters stand for Pupils Equal and Round Reactive to Light | ||||
| orthostatic vital signs | a test in which vital signs are measured before and after a patient moves from a supine to a sitting position, or a sitting position to a standing position | ||||
| there are several situtations where a pulse oximiter will not work for measuring oxygen levels | Patients who are in shock or hypothermic; cases of carbon monoxide poisioning; Excessive movement; nail polish beneath the probe | ||||
| General Impression | the element of a patient assessment that includes assessing approxamate age, gender and level of distress | ||||
| Cheif complaint | the patients perception of the problem in his own words. It is not what the EMT percieves is to be the problem | ||||
| SAMPLE | a nmeumonic used in btaining a patient history. the letters stand for signs and symptons, allergies, medications, past pertanant medical history Last oral intake, and Events leading to the injury or illness | ||||
| OPQRST | a mneumonic for the questions asked to get a description of the present illness. The letters stand for Onset, Provocation, Quality, Region, and Radiate, Severity and Time |
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Created by:
superjacent
on 2009-11-01