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EMT-11 Vital Signs
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Vital signs (defn.) | assessments related to breathing, pulse, skin, pupils, and blood pressure |
| Vital signs (exam) | B-Breathing P-Pulse S-Skin B-Blood Pressure P-Pupils |
| Respiratory rate range for adult patients is: | at rest is 8-24 per minute |
| Elderly patients have a higher average of chest rises per minute with: | 20 |
| Elderly patients also have a decreased: | Tidal Volume |
| If either respiratory rate OR tidal volume inadequate, then: | Positive Pressure Ventilation must be initiated |
| Respiratory quality is another word for: | Tidal volume; volume of air moving in and out of the lungs with each breath |
| Labored breathing | indicated by abnormal sound of grunting or stridor (harsh high-[itched sound) |
| Noisy breathing | including snoring, wheezing, gurgling, crowning, or stridor. |
| Carotid artery | either side of neck |
| femoral artery | crease btw lower abdomen |
| radial artery | proximal to the thumb on wrist |
| brachial artery | medial aspect of the arm, btw shoulder and elbow |
| popliteal artery | crease behind knee |
| posterier tibial artery | behind malleolus(ankle bone) |
| dorsalis pedis artery | top of foot on great-toe side |
| Which artery should be used on all patients 1 or older? | Radial artery |
| tachycardia | heart rate greater than 100 bpm |
| bradycardia | heart rate less than 60 bpm |
| capillary refill | time it takes for capillaries to fill up with blood again |
| Diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| pulsus paradoxus | increase in strength of pulse during inspiratory phase of patient. Could indicate cardic injury or illness |
| Dilated pupils (big) | cardiac arrest, use of certain drugs (LSD, amphetamines, atropine, cocaine). |
| Constricted pupils (small) | central nervous system disorder, use of narcotics, glaucoma meds, or bright environment |
| unequal pupils | stroke, head injury, eyedrops |
| Reactivity | (pupils changing in size response to light in eye) |
| Un responsiveness in eye | cardiac arrest, brain injury, drug intoxication or overdose |
| consensual reflex | Both pupils havin the same response when a light in shining in only one eye |
| blood pressure | pressure exerted on the walls of arteries by blood flowing through them |
| systolic BP | top # in BP. amount of pressure exerted on walls of arteries during contraction and ejection of blood from left ventricle |
| T or F? Pulse is an assessment of the systolic BP? | T, correlates w the wave of blood that creates a pulse |
| diastolic BP | pressure exerted against the walls of the arteries while the left ventricle of the heart is at rest |
| Diastolic related to BOTH amount of blood in the artery and diameter of the artery? T or F? | T |
| orthostatic vital signs | comparison of blood pressure and heart rate readings while a patient is supine and while sitting upright or standing. |
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