The vital signs, part 1: blood pressure.
The classic vital signs of blood pressure, pulse, respiration and temperature have been the backbone of EMS since its inception. Vital signs give EMS providers insight to what's going on inside our patients, and let us evaluate their responses to our interventions. This multipart series will take a fresh look at these vital signs and what they actually tell us in terms of changing our prehospital treatment, predicting the severity of presenting problems and even predicting survival. This article will examine blood pressure.
CUNY-Brooklyn College, USA.
Rob
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Curran
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans