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| Normal Rectal Temperature |
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| Normal adult blood pressure range |
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| • 90/60 to 140/90 (Most physicians and the American Heart Association consider less than 120/80 to be “normal) |
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| Normal adult respiratory rate |
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| when the systolic pressure is between 120 and 139 mm Hg, or the diastolic pressure is between 80 and 89 mm Hg |
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| low BP less than 90(systolic) and/or less than 60(diastolic |
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| slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute |
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| fast heart rate, more than 100 beats per minute. |
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| difficult, labored, or painful breathing |
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| slow breathing with respirations less than 12 per minute |
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| rapid breathing with respirations more than 20 per minute |
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| lack or absence of breathing. |
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| when respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow. Breathing may stop for 10 to 20 seconds. |
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| breathing is slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular |
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| breathing is rapid and deeper than normal |
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| reduced amount of oxygen in the blood |
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| cells do not have enough oxygen |
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| bluish color to the skin, lips, mucous membranes, and nail beds |
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| very deep and rapid respirations |
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| breathing deeply and comfortably only when sitting |
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