Vital Signs
Pulse Sites
Prefixes
Suffixes
Charting + Abbreviations
100

HR of 55 bpm

Bradycardia

100

Wrist

Radial

100
oligo-

Few, scanty, sparse

100

- stenosis

narrowing

100

GCS

Glasgow Coma Scake
200

RR of 25/min

Tachypnea

200

Inner Elbow

Brachial

200

iso-

same

200

-ectasia 

dilating

200

CVA

Cerebral Vascular Accident

300

BB of 88/58

Hypotension

300

Inner Knee


Popliteal

300

contra-

against

300

-poiesis

formation

300

DOE

Dyspnea on Exertion

400

Temp of 95 degrees F

Hypothermia

400

Over the heart

Apical

400

pan-

all

400

-trophic

nutrition

400

LOC

Loss of consciousness

500

HR 120bpm

Tachycardia
500

Temple, neck, thigh

Temporal, Carotid, Femoral

500

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

500

-rrhexis

rupture

500

Pt. c/o SOB. VS WNL. Pt. is NPO and will f/u PRN

Patient complains of shortness of breath. Vital signs are within normal limits. Patient is nothing by mouth and will follow up as needed.

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