Respiratory Rates
This is a normal respiratory rate for adults
What is 12-20?
This is when the tongue partially blocks the upper airway at the level of the pharynx
What is snoring?
This is a normal heart rate for adults
What is 60-80 (or 60-100)?
Name one condition that could produce pale skin.
Vasoconstriction, blood loss, shock, heart attack, fright, anemia, fainting, or emotional distress?
This is when you take a blood pressure and pulse laying supine, sitting up and standing.
What are orthostatic vitals?
This is the normal respiratory rate for a neonate.
What is 40-60?
This is caused by fluid in the upper airway.
What is gurgling?
This is the normal heart rate for a preschooler.
What is 80-120?
Name one condition that could produce cyanosis.
Inadequate oxygenation or perfusion (shock), inadequate respiration, or heart attack?
This device detects hypoxia by measuring oxygen saturation levels in the blood’s hemoglobin.
What is a pulse oximeter?
What is 12-20?
This is partial obstruction of the upper airway at the level of the larynx.
What is stridor?
This is a normal heart rate for a neonate.
What is 100-205?
Name one condition that can cause flushing or redness of the skin.
What is heat exposure or carbon monoxide?
Name 3 reasons a pulse ox reading may not be accurate.
Shock, Hypothermia, Excessive patient movement, Nail polish, Carbon monoxide exposure, Anemia
This is a normal respiratory rate for a 6-11 year old.
What is 18-25?
Constriction (narrowing) and inflammation reducing the internal diameter of the bronchioles in the lungs produces this sound.
What is wheezing?
Head injury, barbiturate or narcotic use, some poisons, possible cardiac problem or other medical conditions such as Hypothyroidism
This organ is typically responsible for creating this yellowing of the skin.
What is jaundice?
This pneumonic helps to obtain a detailed patient history.
What is SAMPLE?
This is a normal respiratory rate for a preschooler.
What is 20-28?
Fluid surrounding and filling the alveoli creates the sound.
What are crackles?
This is where we palpate a pulse in a child less than 1 year of age.
What is the brachial pulse?
This is a grey-blue blotchy pattern most often seen at end of life.
What is mottling?
The pneumonic helps to obtain more detailed information about a specific complaint.
What is OPQRST?