Emergency Services 20, 30

(a)	Demonstrate the methods to properly take a pulse on a patient.
(b)	Investigate methods to take a heart rate of a patient.
(c)	Examine the principles of taking blood pressure measurements of a patient.
(d)	Assess the vital signs (i.e., consciousness, breathing, pulse, skin temperature, pupils) to be monitored while treating an injured person, and the frequency (e.g., every 5 to 10 minutes) for doing so.
(e)	Define blood pressure.
(f)	Examine the reasons and consequences of a drop in blood pressure in a medical patient.
(g)	Examine the reasons and consequences in raise of blood pressure in a medial patient.
(h)	Identify why a baseline of blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate is essential in the care of a medical patient.
(i)	Assess the vital signs (i.e., consciousness, breathing, pulse, skin temperature, pupils) to be monitored while treating an injured person.
(j)	Examine the importance of frequently taking vital signs (e.g., every 5 to 10 minutes).