Vital Signs 101
Blood Pressure
Pulse
Temperature
Respiratory Rate
Diagnoses
100
How many vital signs do we have?
4
100
Blood pressure is...
The amount of force it takes to push blood out to the body.
100
BPM stands for:
Beats per minute
100
Temperature is known as...
The amount of heat your body produces
100
Respiratory Rate is....
The amount of breaths you take in 1 minute.
100
Why is it important to interview a patient before treating them?
To get a better understanding of what is wrong - their symptoms and to know what to test.
200
What are the four vital signs?
Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature
200
How many numbers are in blood pressure readings?
2.
200
True or false: you do NOT use your thumb to take pulse
True
200
Describe what a fever is.
Body temperature that is higher than 99.9 degrees, this shows an indication of an infection or an illness.
200
Create an example of 1 way you can cause your respiratory rate to rise.
Exercise, stress, excitement
200
What are symptoms?
Signs of sickness / disease or injury
300
Create a definition for vital signs
Measurements that tell the state of a patients essential bodily functions
300
If you eat too much of this food, your blood pressure will rise.
Salt
300
True or false: a pulse reading of 120bpm after working out for 30 minutes is considered to be healthy.
True.
300
True or false: exercise can cause your temperature to rise.
False
300
Describe how you take someone's respiratory rate.
Seated, relaxed with their feet flat on the floor. Count the amount of times you see their chest rise and fall for 1 minute.
300
Define the term "diagnosis"
Finding the medical problem or cause of a patient's illness.
400
Identify the healthy vital sign readings for each of the vital signs
Pulse: 60-100 beats per minute
Temperature: 97.8-99.9 degrees farenheit
Blood Pressure: 90/60-120/80mmHG
Respiratory Rate: 12 - 18 breaths per minute
400
A patient has a blood pressure reading of 70/45mmHG. What are they likely feeling?
Dizzy when they stand up, weak, tired.
400
Where on the body can you find pulse rate?
Wrist or neck
400
Your body temperature is considered healthy if readings are between these two numbers.
97.8-99.9 degrees Fahrenheit
400
Identify the independent variable for an experiment about jumping jacks and its impact on breathing
Performing jumping jacks for 2 minutes (independent = the investigation)
400
Provide 3 symptoms for someone who has food poisoning.
Throwing up
Fever
Diarrhea
500
The healthy vital sign readings are considered to be which type of variable?
Control variable - because we compare our vital sign readings to these healthy averages.
500
Describe how to take blood pressure.
Seated with feet flat on the floor, rested.
Use a blood pressure cuff to put around the patients arm, above the elbow.
500
How long should you time to take someone's pulse? What number do you need to multiply that count by?
15 seconds and multiply that by 4.
500
If someones temperature reads as 101.3 degrees, this is an indication they might have...
An infection or an illness
500
Identify the dependent variable for an experiment about jumping jacks and its impact on breathing.
Breathing rate AFTER performing jumping jacks for 2 minutes.
500
Look at the chart. What are the patients vital signs? 
Temperature: 102.3 degrees
Blood Pressure: 90/50mmHG
Pulse: 110BPM
Respiratory Rate: 22BPM