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Vital Signs & Monitoring
Foundational
9 steps
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Checking and Recording of Respiration
The first 3 steps
- Do not announce that you are counting respirations — the rate changes when the patient knows.
- Count immediately after the pulse, keeping your fingers on the wrist.
- Observe the rise and fall of the chest for one full minute.
6 more steps and the Ghana-specific adaptation
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