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    Vital Signs-Assignment-Fernandez, RR12

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    The document defines vital signs as measurements of basic body functions including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. It lists the sites for measuring temperature as rectal, oral, tympanic, and axillary. Nine pulse sites are enumerated including temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis. Inhalation is defined as an active process where lungs volume rises to cause inflation, while exhalation is a passive process where lungs volume reduces causing deflation. Five phases of Korotkoff's sound are described relating to systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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    The document defines vital signs as measurements of basic body functions including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. It lists the sites for measuring temperature as rectal, oral, tympanic, and axillary. Nine pulse sites are enumerated including temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis. Inhalation is defined as an active process where lungs volume rises to cause inflation, while exhalation is a passive process where lungs volume reduces causing deflation. Five phases of Korotkoff's sound are described relating to systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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    The document defines vital signs as measurements of basic body functions including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. It lists the sites for measuring temperature as rectal, oral, tympanic, and axillary. Nine pulse sites are enumerated including temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, and dorsalis pedis. Inhalation is defined as an active process where lungs volume rises to cause inflation, while exhalation is a passive process where lungs volume reduces causing deflation. Five phases of Korotkoff's sound are described relating to systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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    Assignment in Vital Signs

    Veronica Shane F. Fernandez, RR12

    1. Define Vital Signs.

    Vital signs are measurements of the body's most basic functions. The four main vital
    signs routinely monitored by medical professionals and health care providers include
    body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and blood pressure. Vital signs are
    useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems. Vital signs can be measured
    in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere.

    2. Enumerate the sites for measuring body temperature.

    > Rectal (rectum)


    > Oral (mouth)
    > Tympanic (ear)
    > Axillary (armpit)

    3. Enumerate/locate the 9 pulse sites.

    1. Temporal pulse – over the temple


    2. Carotid pulse – at the side of the neck
    3. Apical pulse – over the 5th intercostal space (ICS) at left mid-clavicular
    line.
    4. Brachial pulse – on the antecubital fossa (crook) of the arm
    5. Radial pulse – in the wrist below the thumb
    6. Femoral pulse – in the groin
    7. Popliteal pulse – behind the knee
    8. Posterior tibial pulse – to the side of the ankle
    9. Dorsalis pedis pulse – on the front of the foot.

    4. Differentiate the process of inhalation & exhalation.

    Inhalation is when we take in air containing oxygen while exhalation is when we give
    out air rich in carbon dioxide.
    INHALATION EXHALATION

    Active process Passive process

    Air pressure decrease Air pressure increase

    Lungs volume rises to cause inflation Lungs volume reduces causing deflation

    Size of the chest in the process increases Size of the chest in the process decreases
    and expands and reduces

    5. Enumerate and describe the phases of Korotkoff's sound.

    ● Phase I: clear tapping sounds heard for at least two consecutive beats - this is
    the systolic blood pressure
    ● Phase II: the softening of the tapping sounds and the addition of a swishing
    sound
    ● Phase III: the return of tapping sounds, as heard in phase I, but with an
    increase in sharpness and intensity
    ● Phase IV: the abrupt muffling of sounds, exhibiting a soft and blowing quality
    ○ The muffling of sounds is explained by increased resistance of the artery
    to collapse, caused by downstream engorgement of the veins.
    ● Phase V: the complete disappearance of all sounds - this is the diastolic blood
    pressure

    References:

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/vital-signs-body-temp
    erature-pulse-rate-respiration-rate-blood-pressure
    https://nurseship.com/pulse-points-common-pulse-sites-normal-pulse-rate/
    https://byjus.com/neet/difference-between-inhalation-and-exhalation/
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539778/

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