vital signs- basic health assessment
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Welcome to the first educational session. Fun day training
Samantha Stakenburg- Sam for short, Samantha if I¶m in trouble
Today¶s aim:
Personal Protective equipment (PPE) what does this
mean?Pulse and Blood pressure. What does it mean?
Breathing. So what! Why do I care?
Blood sugars. Why is it important?
what does this thingy do?
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Wash hands
Where gloves
(PPE) if you come in contactwith body fluids
Antibiotics
Some ways to break the chain
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Vital signs� In an acute care setting; hospitals -health professionals collect a
series of vital signs to determine trends
�As a primary health worker you collect vital signs as a
surveillance system
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Respiration:
If any part of the above structures is µblocked¶
known as an obstructed airway, by swelling or
physical object (vomit/food) begin DR ABC.
Life Threatening
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Assessment:
Look and listen
Early signs of respiratory difficulties
�Is he/ she talking?
�Sentences or single words (call me or glen immediately?
�breath sounds- if you can hear, client needs further assessment (me
or Glen)
�chest wall expanding and contracting bilaterally (at the same time)?
�How fast are they breath
�How are they breath? Deep breaths or shallow breaths?
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�Late signs
�Blue lips? blue nail beds? called cyanosis ± late sign�Clubbing of fingernails- long term (chronic) lung disease
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Gather your equipment you will
need:
Tricks of the trade: Count the breaths for 15 seconds
then times this by 4 (this is a lot quicker)
How do you assess breathing or
resp. rates?
1,2,3
Child 20-40 (Depending on ctivity)
dult 15-25 (Depending on ctivity)
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Oxygen Saturation:
or ³sats´ for short
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Haemoglobin
plus
oxygen
Yes you guessed it, Oxyhaemoglobin
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oxyhaemoglobin plus
Red blood cell
Oxygenated red blood cells
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Rememberi t t f r ever
bi entimeter t er e i 6
milli n r ed bl d ell .
n x en t r ti n monitor
Measur es t e amount of ox en t e
r ed blood ells ar e arr ing. It does tell ou many r ed blood ells you
ave.
not
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Pulse
What is it?
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Where is it?
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�Blood Pressure (BP)
�2 readings are collected -This provide a µclue¶ as to how well or howpoorly the heart is functioning
�Systolic
�Diastolic
Systolic and diastolic readings
Remember Who is
older:
Sister/Daughter
Understanding blood pressure:
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:Equipment preparation
�Ears- make sure you can hear well
�stethoscope- ideal length is 30cm. Use the diaphragm.
Note: if you are sharing
the stethoscope use
alco. Wipes between
users
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Sphygmomanometer- do not place on open wounds, mastectomy arm
Use appropriate size
Practice make perfect
120 Stytolic
80 Diastolic
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Temperature
�Warm blooded
�We do this by eating and getting fat
�And by having hair all over our bodies
Unlike the harp seal who is well equipped
for cold weather
Man is not
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� Our bodies function well at 37ºC
Human cell Bacteria
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Taking a temperature
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Guess what this is
below?
A goats anus!
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Normal: Adult temperature
Oral- 37.0
Axillary- 3 .5
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