TLE 8

THIRD QUARTER
BEFORE THE LESSON
ACTIVITY
SITUATION:
One afternoon, your mother got
home from work and she told
you “Ate/Kuya, I’m not feeling
well.” and then she lay down at
the bed to take a rest. Since you
are the elder child of the family
what are the things that you have
to do?
 CAREGIVING
WEEK1
Lesson 1: Use and Maintenance of Equipment,
Tools, and Materials
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR
CAREGIVERS
OBJECTIVES:
⦿ Define Caregiving
⦿ Identify the tools and paraphernalia
for taking vital signs
⦿ Discuss the uses of tools and
paraphernalia for taking vital signs
⦿ Enumerate the normal vital signs
WHAT IS CAREGIVING?
CAREGIVING
⮚ refersto the provision
of assistance to another
person who is ill,
disabled, or needs help
with daily activities.
It often requires attention
to the physical, mental,
social, and psychological
needs, and well-being of
both the caregiver and the
elderly person requiring
care.
WHAT IS A CAREGIVER?
CAREGIVER
⮚ as defined, is someone who is
responsible for the care of
someone who has poor mental
health, physically disabled or
whose health is impaired by
sickness or old age.
 According to Baroness
Pitkeathley, you are called
a caregiver if you do the
following:
1. Take care of someone who has
chronic illness or disease.
2. Manage medications or talk to
doctors and nurses on someone’s
behalf.
3. Help bathe or dress someone who
is frail or disabled.
4. Take care of household chores,
meals, or bills for someone who annot
do these things alone.
FOR TAKING VITAL
SIGNS
SPHYGMOMA-
NOMETER
⮚thisis an
apparatus used to
take blood
pressure.
 BLOOD PRESSURE
⮚ is the force of the blood as it
pushes against the walls of
the arteries. Brought about
by the contraction and
relaxation of the heart,
when the heart contracts, it
pumps blood into arteries. This
called SYSTOLIC PRESSURE.
When the heart relaxes, the
pressure decreases and this is
called DIASTOLIC PRESSURE.
Normal Blood Pressure of an
Adult is

120/80
 TYPES OF
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
 ANEROID
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
 MERCURIAL
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
 DIGITAL
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
 HOW TO USE
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
STETHOSCOPE
⮚an instrument used for
listening to the sounds of
the heartbeat,
respiration of the lungs,
etc.
 HOW TO USE
STETHOSCOPE
THERMO
-METER
⮚an instrument
used for measuring
body temperature.
 Normal Ranges of Body
Temperature
❖36.4 to 37.3 °C when taken
in the mouth
❖37.0 to 37.8 °C when taken
in the anus
❖35.9 to 36.7 °C when taken
in the armpit
TYPES OF THERMOMETER
DIGITAL THERMOMETER
CLINICAL THERMOMETER
EAR DIGITAL THERMOMETER
HOW TO USE THERMOMETER
HOW TO TAKE THE PULSE RATE
OTHER MATERIALS USED
TO TREAT PATIENTS
ICE BAG
- this bag is for holding
icE and is applied to
cool the head of the
patient with high
fever.
HOT WATER
BAG
- this is a rubber
bag and hot-
water container.
GLASS AND
STRAW
- it is used in
giving
medicine.
AFTER THE
LESSON
ACITIVITY
TRUE OR FALSE
1. Pulse rate increases by 10 beats per minute for
every 1⁰C increase in fever.
2. Temperature should not be taken by mouth if
the patient is delirious or unconscious, or if the
patient is a small child.
3. Disinfect the thermometer with alcohol before
using this.
4. In disinfecting the thermometer, wipe the
thermometer with alcohol from bottom to top.
TRUE OR FALSE
5. In taking the respiratory rate of the patient,
you have to inform him/her for most accurate
result.
6. A thermometer that has been used to take a
rectal temperature can be use also to take oral
temperature.
7. In taking pulse rate, it is necessary to use the
thumb for most accurate result.
8. In using the stethoscope, hold the chest piece
between your palms to warm it before placing it
on a person’s chest.
TRUE OR FALSE
9. Normal breathing rate for grown-up children
and adults is 12-20 breaths per minute.
10. If the temperature of a person reach to 38⁰C,
it means that we have to bring him/her to the
hospital.
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
Thank you and
God Bless!