Unit 314: Undertake Physiological Measurements
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Unit 314 Undertake physiological measurements
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Unit 314: Undertake Physiological Measurements
Added on 2021-02-20
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PhysiologicalmeasurementsVersion 1: 2015/16This workbook is to help with understanding of Physiological measurements.1
Please answer the questions in the boxes provided.Understand relevant legislation, policy and good practice for undertaking physiological measurements.Q1. Describe current legislation, national guidelines, organisational policies and protocols affecting work practiceCurrent LegislationsThe current legislations that affect work practices consist various acts such as Equality Act 2010, Data Protection Act 2018, Control of Substances hazardous to Health regulations 2002, Health & social care Act 2012 and The care act 2014. It also includes The Medical Devices Regulations 2002, safeguarding vulnerable group act 2006 and Mental Health Act 2007.National GuidelinesThe national guideline consist effective factors which should be considered like respect & dignity, safety, safeguarding from abuse, drink & food, equipment & premises, complaints, good governance, duty of candour, person centred care as well as obey ethical principles (Kukolja and et. al., 2014). Organisational policies & protocolsThe policies & protocols includes clinical audit process, data quality management procedure, assessment & management of self harm action, Risk assessment, consent to treatment logical argument, maintenance of devices procedure, transfer, closure as well as discharge of medical scenarios process along with records of health information examination process. 2
Understand the physiological states that can be measuredQ1. Explain the principles of blood pressure to include:-blood pressure maintenance-differentiation between systolic and diastolic blood pressure-normal limits of blood pressure-conditions of high or low blood pressureBlood pressure maintenance refers to precautions in daily life such as eat less salty diet, maintenance of healthy body weight, improve physical exercise routine, reduce intake of alcohol, ignore smoking, maintain condition of stressintake nutritive food items, medication if required etc.Systolic blood pressure occurs at the time of pushing blood outside from heart whereas diastolic blood pressure take place at the duration of rest of heart among beats (Nagy and et. al., 2014). Normal limits of blood pressure is known to be in between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg.High blood pressure is considered around 140/90mmHg or higher whereas low blood pressure is approximately 90/60mmHg or lower.Q2. Explain the principles of body temperature, to include:-body temperature maintenance-normal body temperature-pyrexia, hyper-pyrexia and hypothermiaBody temperature maintenance is carrying out a pat of brain known as hypothalamus by evaluating current temperature of body and ensure heat generation to maintain normal body temperature. Normal body temperature is known to be 37°C Pyrexia can be described as a condition which raise high body temperature than normal one i.e. 37°C .Hyper-pyrexia is known as situation of very high fever that is more than 41.5°C.Hypothermia refers to a condition when body temperature falls below the safe level and it can be fatal (Messerschmidt and Brown, 2015). Q3. Explain the principles of respiratory rates, to include:-normal respiratory rates-factors affecting respiratory rates in ill and well individualsThe normal respiratory rate is around 12 to 20 breathes at rest for an adult.3
There are number of components that are responsible for affecting respiratory rates in sick people that includes dehydration, overdose, acidosis, heart conditions, hyperventilation, lung conditions, asthma,fever and and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Factors that impact on respiratory rate of well individuals like running, weight lifting, climbing stair, tracking and stress (Al-Ali, Kiani and Weber, 2016). Q4. Explain the principles of pulse rates, to include:-normal pulse rates limits-factors affecting pulse rates-raising or lowering -pulse sites on the body-the requirement for pulse oximetry-analysis and implication of pulse oximetry findings4
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