NSG 2317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Glasgow Coma Scale, Iliac Crest, Pulse Pressure
10 Oct 2018
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General survey: the study of the whole person, it covers the general health and any obvious physical characteristics. It should give an overall impression of the patient. If there is something wrong with your vitals signs there is most likely something very wrong with the body: temperature. It is controlled by the hypothalamus: the internal set-point temperature is 37. 2 degrees (mean 37 degrees, pyrogens cause an increase in temperature (anything at causes hypothalamus to increase in temperature) If you have pneumonia and take amoxicillin you are going to feel worse because it"s goi(cid:374)g to destro(cid:455) a (cid:271)u(cid:374)(cid:272)h of the strep a(cid:374)d feed i(cid:374)to (cid:455)our (cid:271)loodstrea(cid:373) (cid:271)ut after 24 hours you are going to feel much better. If you think someone has a fever and are concerned you must do rectal (2 years. Pulse oximetry: measures the saturation of blood hemoglobin with o2 in peripheral capillarires, spo2 = peripheral artery oxygen saturation, steps.
