BLS Vital SignsAs part of First Responder and EMT-B training, students must learn how to take vital signs--pulse, respiration, skin color/temperature/condition, pupils, and blood pressure. Vital signs are a key factor in determining the stability of a patient and monitoring a patient over time. One of the biggest challenges in learning to take vital signs is the absence of actual patients on which to practice. Typically, students take one another's vital signs--and most students are normal and healthy. Therefore, they don't get to see many "real people"--children, older adults, sick and injured people--until they're in the field. This product enables students to practice on a variety of patients in a variety of scenarios--mimicking what they'll see in practice. Also, the value of computer-based training has been an increased ability to allow students to practice skills at their own pace, at the time and location of their choice and with appropriate feedback and remediation. This enhances learning.
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978-0-13-174877-4 (9780131748774)
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Items included on the CD
PULSE
Normal
Bradycardia 50/44/36 (with regular and irregular)
Tachycardia 102/116/128/140/152 (with regular and irregular)
SVT (very rapid) 182
Regular
Regularly irregular
Irregularly irregular RESPIRATIONS
Normal
Bradypnea
Tachypnea
Agonal
Shallow
Kussmaul's
Cheyne Stokes
Accessory muscle use BLOOD PRESSURE
Normal
Hypotension
Hypertension
Narrow pulse pressure
Wide pulse pressure
Diastolic fade (but continues to zero) PUPILS
Equal/react
Equal/non-react
Unequal
Blown pupil
Constricted
Pinpoint
Dilated PULSE OXIMETRY
Varied readings LUNG SOUNDS
Normal
Absent unilateral
Diminished unilateral
Diminished bilateral
Wheezes (expiratory)
Wheezes (inspiratory/expiratory)
Crackles (fine) (rales)
Chackles (coarse) (rhonchi)
Stridor
Bronchial
Bronchovesicular
Vesicular TRENDING/CLINICAL SITUATIONS
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis after epinephrine auto injector
Head injury with ICP
CHF
Compensated shock
Decompensated shock
Anxiety then calming
Asthma
Asthma after albuterol
Chest pain
Chest pain post NTG administration
Chest pain post NTG administration with hypotension
Adequate breathing
Inadequate breathing
