[Music] foreign one of the junior doctors working on the ward today is it okay if I just check your full name and date of birth please yeah uh Harry miles 21st of the 10th 1998. thanks very much Harry um so today I've just been asked to check your observations so that will just involve me checking your blood pressure with a blood pressure cuff having a feel of your pulse and checking your heart rate and I'm also going to check your oxygen levels and your temperature as well is that okay thank you very much okay Harry so could I start by feeling your wrist please okay I'm just going to pop this on your finger I'm just going to pop this on your arm Harry and if you just relax that down for me that's great thank you I'm just going to pop this in your ear okay that's great thanks once you've completed recording the patient's vital signs it's important to document them on the appropriate chart first document the date and the time that you recorded the patient's vital signs you can then document the patient's respiratory rate and then their spo2 level on the appropriate scale note if the patient was receiving supplemental oxygen and provide further details including flow rate and device type document the systolic and diastolic blood pressure and draw a line between them then record the patient's pulse rate document the patient's Consciousness level using the acvpu scale note the patient's temperature you can then calculate the new score which can then be used to inform monitoring frequency and the need for escalation finally add your initials if you enjoyed this video check out the geeky Medics collection of over 900 ready-made oski stations you can practice with friends using our Advanced group practice mode or interact with our amazing AI powered virtual patients [Music] foreign foreign