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Respiration Rate – Adult

12–20 breaths per minute.

Respiration Rate – Adult (Serious)

above 24 or below 10.

Respiration Rate – Adolescent (13–18)

12–20.

Respiration Rate – School Age (6–12)

18–30.

Respiration Rate – Preschooler (3–5)

22–34.

Respiration Rate – Toddler (1–3)

24–40.

Respiration Rate – Infant

30–60 (0–6 months), 24–30 (6–12 months).

Respiration Rate – Newborn

30–60 (over 60 = tachypnea).

Snoring

airway obstruction (tongue or soft tissue).

Wheezing

lower airway narrowing - medical problems (asthma).

Gurgling

fluid in airway (blood or vomit).

Crowing (Stridor)

upper airway obstruction, medical problems that cannot be treated on scene

Skin Color – Pink

normal perfusion.

Skin Color – Pale

shock, blood loss, anxiety.

Skin Color – Cyanotic (blue-gray)

lack of oxygen.

Skin Color – Flushed (red)

heat or excitement.

Skin Color – Jaundiced (yellow)

liver disease.

Skin Color – Mottled

late sign of shock.

Skin Temperature – Cool, clammy

shock or anxiety.

Skin Temperature – Cold, moist

body losing heat.

Skin Temperature – Cold, dry

cold exposure.

Skin Temperature – Hot, dry

fever or heat exposure.

Skin Temperature – Hot, moist

fever or heat exposure.

Skin Condition – Goose pimples with shivering

cold, fear, pain.

Pupil Appearance – Dilated

drugs, fear, blood loss.

Pupil Appearance – Constricted

narcotics or eye drops.

Pupil Appearance – Unequal

head injury or stroke.

Pupil Appearance – No reactivity

drugs or lack of oxygen to brain.

Blood Pressure – Adult (Systolic)

≤120.

Blood Pressure – Adolescent (Systolic)

~107–117.

Blood Pressure – Child (1–10 years)

90 + (age × 2).

Blood Pressure – Infant

~90 systolic.

Blood Pressure – Newborn (at birth)

50–70 systolic.

High Blood Pressure

• stress

• exertion

• fear

• excitement.

Low Blood Pressure

blood loss, late sign of shock.

No Blood Pressure

ventricular assist device present.

Pulse Rate – Adult

60–100 bpm.

Pulse Rate – Adolescent

60–100 bpm.

Pulse Rate – School Age

65–120 bpm.

Pulse Rate – Preschooler

70–120 bpm.

Pulse Rate – Toddler

80–140 bpm.

Pulse Rate – Infant

90–160 bpm.

Pulse Rate – Newborn

100–170 bpm.

Pulse Quality – Rapid, full

• fever

• anxiety

• early blood loss.

Pulse Quality – Rapid, thready

• shock

• late blood loss.

Pulse Quality – Irregular

abnormal heart electrical activity.

Pulse Quality – Slow

• head injury

• drugs

• hypoxia in children.

Pulse Quality – No pulse

cardiac arrest.