Blood Pressure
The top number of a blood pressure reading.
What is the systolic reading?
The E in SAMPLE
What is events leading to the illness?
The act of breathing in and out
What is respiration?
A normal blood pressure reading.
What is 120/80?
Previous medical conditions and events for patient.
What is medical history?
Radial pulse
What is where you check the pulse of a responsive patient?
The artery we listen to to get a BP reading
What is the brachial artery?
Pain, nausea, headache
What are symptoms?
Checking circulation by squeezing the tip of your patient's finger
What is capillary refill?
What is auscultation?
OPQRST
What is Onset, Provocation, Quality, Region/Radiate, Severity, Time
Palms, nail beds, oral mucosa
What are places to evaluate skin color in dark skinned patients
Getting a blood pressure reading through using one's hand to touch or fell the body.
What is palpation?
The best source of information.
Who is an alert patient?
A patient who can say who they are, where they are, time of day and current situation
Who is a patient that is AO x 4?