VITAL SIGN ASSESSMENT Homeostasis & Pulse

HOMEOSTASIS

VITAL SIGNS & HOMEOSTASTIS

VITAL SIGNS

PULSE RAPID WEAK PULSE: SHOCK SHOCK BLEEDING BLEEDING DIABETIC COMA DIABETIC COMA HEAT EXHAUSTION HEAT EXHAUSTION R APID STRONG PULSE : H EAT STROKE H EAT STROKE S EVERE FRIGHT S EVERE FRIGHT PAIN PAIN

PULSE STRONG SLOW PULSE: SKULL FRACTURE SKULL FRACTURE STROKE STROKE NO PULSE: CARDIAC ARREST CARDIAC ARREST DEATH DEATH

PULSE THE AVERAGE PULSE RATE FOR AN ADULT IS 70 TO 80 BPM. THE AVERAGE PULSE RATE FOR AN ADULT IS 70 TO 80 BPM. THE MORE FIT AN INDIVIDUAL IS (ATHLETE) THE LOWER THE PULSE WILL BE. THE MORE FIT AN INDIVIDUAL IS (ATHLETE) THE LOWER THE PULSE WILL BE. ELITE ATHLETES MAY HAVE A PULSE AS LOW AS 38 TO 40 BPM. ELITE ATHLETES MAY HAVE A PULSE AS LOW AS 38 TO 40 BPM.  THIS IS BECAUSE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STRENGTHENS THE HEART (CARDIAC) MUSCLE AND PUMPS MORE BLOOD AT ONE TIME. THIS ALLOWS THE HEART TO BEAT FEWER TIMES PER MINUTE WHILE STILL SUPPLYING THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF OXYGEN TO THE TISSUE AND CELLS OF THE BODY. THE SYSTEM BECOMES MORE EFFICIENT.  THE STRENGTHENING OF THE CARDIAC MUSCLE MAY CAUSE BRADYCARDIA (HEART BEATS LESS THAN 60 BPM) IN AN ATHLETE. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRADYCARDIA AND TACHYCARDIA? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRADYCARDIA AND TACHYCARDIA?

PULSE

PULSE

PULSE POINTS TEMPORAL ARTERY COROTID ARTERY BRACHIAL ARTERY RADIAL ARTERY FEMORAL ARTERY POPLITEAL ARTERY DORSALIS PEDIS ARTERY

PULSE WHY CAN A PULSE ONLY BE FELT IN AN ARTERY? AS THE HEART BEATS, BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH THE VESSELS IN WAVES, CAUSING A RHYTHMIC THROBBING IN THE ARTERIES AS THE HEART BEATS, BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH THE VESSELS IN WAVES, CAUSING A RHYTHMIC THROBBING IN THE ARTERIES AS BLOOD PASSES TO THE ARTERIOLES AND CAPILLARIES THE FLOW OF THE FLUID DECREASES AND THE THROBBING DISSIPATES. AS BLOOD PASSES TO THE ARTERIOLES AND CAPILLARIES THE FLOW OF THE FLUID DECREASES AND THE THROBBING DISSIPATES.

PULSE PROPER HYDRATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR AN ATHLETE! WHY DOES BEING DEHYDRATED INCREASE AN ATHLETES PULSE (HEART) RATE? A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE BODY’S FLUID IS FOUND IN THE BLOOD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE BODY’S FLUID IS FOUND IN THE BLOOD AS FLUID LEVELS GO DOWN THE VOLUME OF BLOOD DECREASES AS FLUID LEVELS GO DOWN THE VOLUME OF BLOOD DECREASES IN ORDER TO CIRCULATE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS THE HEART MUST WORK HARDER IN ORDER TO CIRCULATE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS THE HEART MUST WORK HARDER THE HEART WORKS HARDER BY WORKING FASTER, INCREASING THE ATHLETE’S PULSE RATE THE HEART WORKS HARDER BY WORKING FASTER, INCREASING THE ATHLETE’S PULSE RATE