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[[File:16.jpg|500px|thumb|left|''This Gomerpedia post is brought to you courtesy of the number 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.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/02/physical-exam-tips-the-lungs/ Physical Exam Tips: The Lungs]</ref>