Difference between revisions of "Respiratory Rate"
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| − | The '''respiratory rate''' is the number of the breaths in one minute or 16.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/respiratory-rate/ Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16]</ref> Every '''respiratory rate''' documented in the history of medicine has been 16, so everyone's '''respiratory rate''' is 16. Nothing more. Nothing less. 16. So grab a watch, look at the patient breathing, don't count, just be reassured that it will be 16. | + | The '''respiratory rate''' is the number of the [[Every Breath You Take|breaths]] in one minute or 16.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/respiratory-rate/ Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16]</ref> Every '''respiratory rate''' documented in the [[Treaty of Drapes|history of medicine]] has been 16, so everyone's '''respiratory rate''' is 16. Nothing more. Nothing less. 16. So grab a watch, look at the patient [[SOB|breathing]], don't count, just be reassured that it will be 16. |
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Revision as of 14:16, 1 October 2016
The respiratory rate is the number of the breaths in one minute or 16.[1] Every respiratory rate documented in the history of medicine has been 16, so everyone's respiratory rate is 16. Nothing more. Nothing less. 16. So grab a watch, look at the patient breathing, don't count, just be reassured that it will be 16.
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