Describe how you should count a patient’s pulse rate. Describe how you should count a patient’s breathing rate/. Why is it important to know the things that can give you an inaccurate pulse oximetry? What are those things? Vital Signs Unit ▾ Monitoring Devices ▾ • ECG—how to apply leads, skin prep, location of leads for limb lead EKG and for 12-lead EKG • Temperature BP (systolic and diastolic terms) ▾ • Auscultation • Palpation • Trivia terminology: Korotkoff sounds • NIBP Machine Pulse Oximetry ▾ • What it measures. • How to identify a strong signal (= accurate data). • What can fool it into a higher reading than real. • What can fool it into a lower reading than real. • What to do about nail polish. GCS ▾
Describe how you should count a patient’s pulse rate. Describe how you should count a patient’s breathing rate/. Why is it important to know the things that can give you an inaccurate pulse oximetry? What are those things? ▾ Vital Signs Unit ▾ Monitoring Devices • ECG—how to apply leads, skin prep, location of leads for limb lead EKG and for 12-lead EKG • Temperature ▾ BP (systolic and diastolic terms) • Auscultation • Palpation • Trivia terminology: Korotkoff sounds • NIBP Machine ▾ Pulse Oximetry • What it measures. • How to identify a strong signal (= accurate data). • What can fool it into a higher reading than real. • What can fool it into a lower reading than real. • What to do about nail polish. ▾ GCS
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