Heart Rate
What is a normal heart rate?
60-100 beats per minute
What is a normal respiratory rate?
12-20 breaths per minute
95-100%
What is normal blood pressure?
120/80
98.6 degrees F
What is the word for a heart rate lower than 60 beats per minute?
bradycardia
What is the word for a respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute?
tachypnea
what is the word for an oxygen saturation lower than 95%?
hypoxia
what is the word for blood pressure lower than 90/60?
hypotension
what is the word for a high body temperature?
hyperthermia
(not febrile! that's just a fever!)
Name 2 things that would cause bradycardia.
Adenosine
Meditation
Opioids
Name 2 conditions that have tachypnea as a sign.
COPD and Asthma
If you are looking at a patient, what is a sign that they might be experiencing hypoxia?
Blue Nails
Blue lips or Tounge
Cyanosis
What is the silent killer?
Hypertension
What is a type of drug that decreases pain, but can cause hypoxia and bradypnea at high doses?
Opioids
What is the pulse point most commonly used for CPR and where is it?
Carotid (side of neck)
What should you look for when assessing respiratory rate?
Chest or stomach rise and fall
What is the device used to measure oxygen saturation?
Pulse Oximeter
What artery do you place the sphygmomanometer around and listen to to assess blood pressure?
How do you assess a patient's pain?
You ask them if they are feeling pain on a scale of 1 to 10 (Wong-Baker Scale)
A patient has collapsed! When EMTs arrive on the scene they start an EKG to assess heart rhythm and they find the patient is asystolic. What does this mean?
They do not have a heart beat.
What is the difference between COPD and Asthma?
COPD is an obstruction of the airways, asthma is specifically inflammation in the airways.
How can you tell if someone is having an opioid overdose?
blue fingernails and mouth/tongue, pinpoint pupils
(MUST HAVE BOTH)
What can atherosclerosis cause? (name 2 things)
Hypertension, stroke, heart attack, blood clots
Which vital sign is actually a vital symptom?
Pain