Vital Signs Check

Temperature

100

These routes are less invasive than oral or rectal

Axillary, Temporal, Tympanic, Infrared Forehead

200

Below 96.8 degrees

Hypothermia

Pulse

100

Most common site to assess in adults

Radial pulse at wrist

200

Bradycardia

Pulse less than 50 beats per minute

Respiratory Rate

100

Most common technique for counting respirations

Inspecting chest rise and fall for 30 sec right after counting pulse

200

Tachypnea

Greater than 25 breaths per minute

Blood Pressure

100

Normal range for adults

Less than 120/80 but no less than 90/60

200

Definition of blood pressure

Force exerted on the walls of artery under pressure

O2 Sat

100

97-99%

Usual normal range

200

Method of measurement of oxygen bound to hemoglobin

Pulse oximetry