Kinesiology 3421A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Pulse Oximetry, Spirometry, Exercise Intensity

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Try to take blood pressure from wrist of patient (pressure on neck can cause blo at risk patients could lead to fainting) Important to be able to check a patients heartrate because it"s a sign of intensity. Importance of exercise intensity in people with cardiovascular disease: in higher feel chest pain: important to figure out what intensity they can safely exercise at. Weight circumference (better predictor of health; fat stored around important in dangerous) Cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, a1c: things you can check to determine cardio. Spirometry: test for copd: can"t exhale as efficiently as the rest of us (exc. Pulse oximetry: measure of o2 conc. in your blood (most over 95%; with conditio. All kinds of different pain scales you can use. 50% of canadian adult population suffers from low back pain. Someone who has low back pain should use this survey to track their pain. Timed up & go: for older adults to figure out their risk of falling.

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