Lesson 6: Recording Vital Signs

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

Identify general rules for recording a patient’s temperature, pulse rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure.

Identify forms on which vital signs are recorded and when the forms are used.

Record vital signs on a DA Form 3950.

Determine a patient’s vital signs from a SF 511.

6.1 What are some of the forms on which vital signs are recorded?

6.2 How is a DA Form 3950 completed?

6.3 How is vital signs information obtained from a SF 511?

Lesson 6: Self-Test

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