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Army Medical Taking Vital SignsTaking Vital SignsDevelopmentTable of ContentsIntroductionCredit Awarded-cont.Lesson AssignmentInitial Assessment and Sample HistoryAssessing the SkinTemperatureAssessing the level of ConciousnessAlert and oriented.Glasgow Coma Scale.Vital Signs.Sample HistoryPertinent Past History.Exercises, Lesson 1Exercises, Lesson 1-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 1Lesson AssignmentLesson 2: Section . General InformationAge Affects Body Temperature.Place of Measurement Affects Measurement. How Is a Person's Body Temperature RegulatedWhat Causes Abnormal TemperaturesSection II. ThermometersRotate the Thermometer. Will a Temperature Go Down Before It Is ReadRead the Thermometer.How Does an Electric Thermometer WorkSection III. Taking TemperaturesFigure 2-5. Oral and rectal glass thermometers.Glass Rectal Thermometers.When an Oral Temperature Should Be Taken.Glass oral thermometer(s).Verify That the Oral Route Should Be Used.Examine Thermometer.Figure 2-9. Positioning an oral thermometer.Wipe Thermometer.How Do I Take an Oral Temperature with an Electric ThermometerPrepare Thermometer. When Should I Take a Rectal TemperatureHow Do I Take a Rectal Temperature with a Glass ThermometerFigure 2-11. Lubricating a rectal thermometer.Insert Thermometer. Remove Thermometer. How Do I Take a Rectal Temperature With an Electric ThermometerVerify That The Rectal Route Should Be Used.When Should I Take an Axillary TemperatureVerify That the Axillary Route Should Be Used. Figure 2-14. Positioning a thermometer to take an axillary temperature.How Are Glass Thermometers DecontaminatedPrepare Disinfecting Equipment. Clean Thermometers.Clean Thermometer Containers.Rinse and Replace Thermometers in Container.Exercises, Lesson 2Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 2Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Lesson AssignmentLesson 3: Pulse.Strength.Figure 3-1. Pulse patterns.Figure 3-2. Sites for taking a pulse.How Do I Take a Patient's PulseFigure 3-3. Taking a patient's pulse. A - carotid pulse. B - radial pulse.Count Pulse Beats and Note Abnormalities.Exercises, Lesson 3Exercises, Lesson 3-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 3Lesson AssignmentLesson 4: Breathing.Figure 4-1. Actions of diaphragm and rib cage in breathing.Depth. Quality.Coughing.How Do I Assess a Patient's Breathing Rate and QualityRecord Any Abnormalities.Exercises, Lesson 4Exercises, Lesson 4-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 4Lesson AssignmentLesson 5: Blood Pressure.What Facts Effect a Person's Blood PressureObesity.Figure 5-2. Sphygmomanometers.Stethoscope.Figure 5-3. Stethoscope.How Does the Air Pressure Inside the Bladder Provide Information about the Blood PressureFigure 5-5. Effects of an inflated bladder on an artery.How Do I Take a Patient's Blood PressureExpose the Site.Figure 5-6. Placement of bladder on upper arm.Inflate the Bladder.Release Air Slowly.Listen for Pulse.Can I Take a Patient's Blood Pressure Without a StethoscopePosition the Patient.Exercises, Lesson 5Exercises, Lesson 5-cont.Exercises, Lesson 5-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 5Lesson AssignmentLesson 6: Recording Vital Signs.Figure 6-1. Example of a SF 510, Nursing Notes, showing an admitting entry.Figure 6-2. Example of a SF 511, Vital Signs Record, showing vital signs entries.Figure 6-3. Example of a SF 600, Chronological Record of Medical Care, showing vital signs entryFigure 6-4. Example of a DD Form 1380, U.S. Field Medical Card.How is DA Form 3950 completedFigure 6-5. Example of a DA Form 3950, Flowsheet for Vital SignsHow is Vital Signs Information Obtained from a SF 511Heading.Other Entries.Exercises, Lesson 6Exercises, Lesson 6-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 6
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Taking Vital SignsTaking Vital SignsDevelopmentTable of ContentsIntroductionCredit Awarded-cont.Lesson AssignmentInitial Assessment and Sample HistoryAssessing the SkinTemperatureAssessing the level of ConciousnessAlert and oriented.Glasgow Coma Scale.Vital Signs.Sample HistoryPertinent Past History.Exercises, Lesson 1Exercises, Lesson 1-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 1Lesson AssignmentLesson 2: Section . General InformationAge Affects Body Temperature.Place of Measurement Affects Measurement. How Is a Person's Body Temperature RegulatedWhat Causes Abnormal TemperaturesSection II. ThermometersRotate the Thermometer. Will a Temperature Go Down Before It Is ReadRead the Thermometer.How Does an Electric Thermometer WorkSection III. Taking TemperaturesFigure 2-5. Oral and rectal glass thermometers.Glass Rectal Thermometers.When an Oral Temperature Should Be Taken.Glass oral thermometer(s).Verify That the Oral Route Should Be Used.Examine Thermometer.Figure 2-9. Positioning an oral thermometer.Wipe Thermometer.How Do I Take an Oral Temperature with an Electric ThermometerPrepare Thermometer. When Should I Take a Rectal TemperatureHow Do I Take a Rectal Temperature with a Glass ThermometerFigure 2-11. Lubricating a rectal thermometer.Insert Thermometer. Remove Thermometer. How Do I Take a Rectal Temperature With an Electric ThermometerVerify That The Rectal Route Should Be Used.When Should I Take an Axillary TemperatureVerify That the Axillary Route Should Be Used. Figure 2-14. Positioning a thermometer to take an axillary temperature.How Are Glass Thermometers DecontaminatedPrepare Disinfecting Equipment. Clean Thermometers.Clean Thermometer Containers.Rinse and Replace Thermometers in Container.Exercises, Lesson 2Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 2Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 2-cont.Lesson AssignmentLesson 3: Pulse.Strength.Figure 3-1. Pulse patterns.Figure 3-2. Sites for taking a pulse.How Do I Take a Patient's PulseFigure 3-3. Taking a patient's pulse. A - carotid pulse. B - radial pulse.Count Pulse Beats and Note Abnormalities.Exercises, Lesson 3Exercises, Lesson 3-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 3Lesson AssignmentLesson 4: Breathing.Figure 4-1. Actions of diaphragm and rib cage in breathing.Depth. Quality.Coughing.How Do I Assess a Patient's Breathing Rate and QualityRecord Any Abnormalities.Exercises, Lesson 4Exercises, Lesson 4-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 4Lesson AssignmentLesson 5: Blood Pressure.What Facts Effect a Person's Blood PressureObesity.Figure 5-2. Sphygmomanometers.Stethoscope.Figure 5-3. Stethoscope.How Does the Air Pressure Inside the Bladder Provide Information about the Blood PressureFigure 5-5. Effects of an inflated bladder on an artery.How Do I Take a Patient's Blood PressureExpose the Site.Figure 5-6. Placement of bladder on upper arm.Inflate the Bladder.Release Air Slowly.Listen for Pulse.Can I Take a Patient's Blood Pressure Without a StethoscopePosition the Patient.Exercises, Lesson 5Exercises, Lesson 5-cont.Exercises, Lesson 5-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 5Lesson AssignmentLesson 6: Recording Vital Signs.Figure 6-1. Example of a SF 510, Nursing Notes, showing an admitting entry.Figure 6-2. Example of a SF 511, Vital Signs Record, showing vital signs entries.Figure 6-3. Example of a SF 600, Chronological Record of Medical Care, showing vital signs entryFigure 6-4. Example of a DD Form 1380, U.S. Field Medical Card.How is DA Form 3950 completedFigure 6-5. Example of a DA Form 3950, Flowsheet for Vital SignsHow is Vital Signs Information Obtained from a SF 511Heading.Other Entries.Exercises, Lesson 6Exercises, Lesson 6-cont.Solutions to Exercises, Lesson 6
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