SKILL 4: Recording respiration

STEP 1:

What is the first thing you do?

INFORM THE PATIENT THAT U WILL BE TAKING THEIR RESPIRATION[UHH TEXTBOOK SAID OTHERWISE?? IDK, I HAVE TO ASK MY INSTRUCTOR WHAT TO DO??]

STEP 2:

After gaining patient consent(?) , what do you do?

PLACE A CLOCK ON PATIENT’S CHEST

Pick a number on the second hand and start counting from there, until the hand comes back to that number, then you stop counting, wash your hands, and record

So what are we doing when we’re counting respiration?

We’re counting one inhalation and one expiration, which equals one breath.

1 inhalation + 1 expiration = 1 respiration

STEP 3:

How do you checking respiration?

Remember that: 1 inhalation + 1 expiration = 1 respiration

ONCE DONE, KEEP THE NUMBER OF RESPIRATIONS IN YOUR HEAD, THEN TAKE THE CLOCK

STEP 4 (final steps)

What do you do once you’re done checking respiration?

• ONCE DONE, KEEP THE NUMBER OF RESPIRATIONS IN YOUR HEAD

• PUT AWAY THE CLOCK

• TELL THE EXAMINER THAT U ARE GOING TO WASH UR HANDS

• RECORD THE RESPIRATION IN NOTEBOOK THEN HAND IT TO THE EXAMINER

• ENSURE THAT BED IS IN LOWEST POSITION AND THAT PATIENT HAS CALL-LIGHT