Taking heart rate

&
Respiratory rate
Purpose of taking heart rate
Factors affecting the heart rate
Procedure of taking heart rate
Picture Explanation
1. Inform consent

2. Wash hands
3. Apply clean gloves

4. Prepare instruments
5. Select a pulse site (usually radial pulse is
selected), and position the patient
comfortably
 6. Place index, middle, and ring fingers
on radial site lightly and squarely over the pulse site
7. Check the patient’s pulse site
on the wrist
• Check the patient’s
pulse site on the
inside of his/her wrist,
below his/her thumb.
• Place 2 fingers using
the other hand on the
artery.
• Do not use the thumb,
because it has its own
pulse that you may
feel.
8. After getting the pulse regularly, count
the pulse rate in one minute
Pictures Explanation
9. Inform the test results

10. Wash hands

11. Write documentation
Taking respiratory rate
 The differences
inhaling & exhaling
• Inhaling : Oxygen
(O2) enters the blood
stream
• Exhaling : Oxygen
leaves the blood and
enters the tissue
 Factors affecting the increase
and the decrease of respiratory
rate
Increasing rate Decrease rate
• Certain medication
• Stress
(ex Narcotic)
• Exercise
• Increased intracranial
• Lowered o2 concentration pressure
at increase altitude
• Fever
Procedure of taking respiratory
Pictures Explanation
1. Inform consent

2. Wash hands
3. Position the patient in a
comfortable position
4. Place the patient’s arm to
the patient’s chest.
5. Count the rise and the fall of
the chest in 1 minute
6. Inform the result to the
patient
7. Wash hands and dry it
8. Write documentation (rhythm,
depth, and characteristic of
respiration