RT Book, Section
A1 Hoffman, Robert S.
A1 Howland, Mary Ann
A1 Lewin, Neal A.
A1 Nelson, Lewis S.
A1 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
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ID 1108423764
T1 Initial Evaluation of the Patient: Vital Signs and Toxic Syndromes
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108423764
RD 2024/04/20
AB For  more  than  200  years,  American  health  care  providers  have  attempted  to  standardize  their  approach  to  the  assessment  of  patients.  At  the  New  York  Hospital  in  1865,  pulse  rate,  respiratory  rate,  and  temperature  were  incorporated  into  the  bedside  chart  and  called  “vital  signs.”6  It  was  not  until  the  early  part  of  the  20th  century,  however,  that  blood  pressure  determination  also  became  routine.  Additional  components  of  the  standard  emergency  assessment,  such  as  oxygen  saturation  by  pulse  oximetry,  capillary  blood  glucose,  and  pain  severity,  are  now  also  beginning  to  be  considered  vital  signs.  Although  assessment  of  oxygen  saturation,  capillary  glucose,  and  pain  severity  are  essential  components  of  the  clinical  evaluation  and  are  important  considerations  throughout  this  text,  they  are  not  discussed  in  this  chapter.