Question

Discuss assessments of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and identify diagnostic tools to measure the effectiveness of the systems.

Answer 1

Cardio: heart rate, rythym, blood pressure, capillary refill, jugular vein dissension (throbbing or engorged neck veins)
Respiratory: rate and rythym, sob, difficulty breathing or labored breaths, auditory observations such as wheezing crackles rales etc
Tools would be stethoscope and mammography pulse oximetry