1. Today’s Lecture  Vital Signs Overview/Context  Temperature  Pulse  Blood Pressure  Respiratory Rate  Oxygen Saturation  Pain  Assignment

4. BP Classification Adapted from Wotton (2009, p. 577) >120 >210 Crisis Hypertension 110-119 180-209 Severe Hypertension 100-109 160-179 Moderate Hypertension 90-99 140-159 Mild Hypertension 85-89 130-139 High Normal < 85 < 130 Normal Diastolic Systolic Category

8. Sphygmomanometer Aneroid Mercurial

9. National Heart, Blood & Lung Institute (USA) www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/images/sp_st.jpg

10. Figure 31-16 Crisp & Taylor 2009 Korotkoff’s sounds

11. BP Process Tollefson 2007 pp13-16

17. Today’s Lecture  Vital Signs Overview/Context  Temperature  Pulse  Blood Pressure  Respiratory Rate  Oxygen Saturation  Pain  Assignment