en checking vital signs

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

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checking vital signs is used for…

  • en making sure that someone is alive ➜
  • en a doctor ➜
  • en the dying ➜
  • en a nurse ➜
  • en seeing if someone is alive ➜
  • en assessing vitality ➜
  • en Attendants in nursing homes ➜
  • en checking for signs of life ➜
  • en checking someones blood pressure ➜
  • en determining fitness level ➜
  • en determining if someone is alive ➜
  • en determining illnesses ➜
  • en determining the status of people ➜
  • en emergency aid or medical help ➜
  • en EMTs ➜
  • en finding out if someone is alive ➜
  • en first aid information ➜
  • en getting some tongue ➜
  • en Good Samaritans ➜
  • en health ➜
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checking vital signs is a subevent of…

  • en taking a pulse ➜
  • en feel for a pulse ➜
  • en take a temperature ➜
  • en being quiet ➜
  • en check heartbeat ➜
  • en checking for heart beat ➜
  • en count the pulse ➜
  • en death ➜
  • en discovering the person is dead ➜
  • en finding a pulse ➜
  • en keep a record of them ➜
  • en look at the pulse ➜
  • en looking for signs of breathing ➜
  • en a new insight ➜
  • en pay attention ➜
  • en the person might die ➜
  • en search for a heartbeat ➜
  • en take a person's pulse ➜
  • en taking the pulse rate ➜
  • en taking someones pulse ➜

Effects of checking vital signs

  • en grief ➜
  • en you become concerned ➜
  • en concern ➜
  • en determining health ➜
  • en discovery of a condition ➜
  • en the doctor to measure your health ➜
  • en doctors to do surgery ➜
  • en getting a physical checkup ➜
  • en knowing if a person is alive ➜
  • en knowing the patient's pulse rate ➜
  • en knowing the pulse rate ➜
  • en knowledge of life or death ➜
  • en learning someone needs assistance ➜
  • en looking for a pulse ➜
  • en you might discover an illness ➜
  • en monitoring a patient ➜
  • en monitoring a patients condition ➜
  • en panic ➜
  • en a person to be declared dead ➜
  • en realizing the person is dead ➜
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checking vital signs requires…

  • en checking for a pulse ➜
  • en knowledge ➜
  • en taking a pulse ➜
  • en basic knowledge of human physiology ➜
  • en a basic medical knowledge ➜
  • en a blood pressure cuff ➜
  • en knowledge and euipment ➜
  • en listening to the pulse rate ➜
  • en medical equipment ➜
  • en medical expertise ➜
  • en a pulse ➜
  • en training ➜
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