TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Initial Evaluation of the Patient: Vital Signs and Toxic Syndromes 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. PY - 2015 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108423764 ER -