Clinical Skills Lab
Vital Signs & Exercise Monitoring
Measure pulse, blood pressure, breathing, SpO₂ and temperature properly — then use RPE, the talk test, pain monitoring and safety limits to dose and stop exercise safely.Roman Urdu: Pulse, BP, saans, SpO₂ aur temperature sahi tareeqe se lena — phir RPE, talk test aur safety limits se exercise ko safe rakhna.
- vitals atlas items
- 13vitals atlas items
- practice questions
- 83practice questions
- flashcards
- 61flashcards
- OSCE stations
- 3OSCE stations
Opening Vital Signs & Exercise Monitoring…
Everything in this skill (13 items) and sources
- Heart rate (pulse)
- Blood pressure
- Respiratory rate
- Oxygen saturation (SpO₂)
- Body temperature
- Rating of perceived exertion (Borg 6–20)
- Breathlessness — modified Borg (CR10)
- Talk test
- Pain (Numeric Rating Scale)
- Orthostatic (postural) hypotension check
- Blood glucose (diabetes)
- Ankle–brachial pressure index (ABPI)
- Capillary refill time
Sources
- ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (11th ed.)
- Royal College of Physicians — National Early Warning Score (NEWS2)
- ATS (2002) statement — six-minute walk test
- Silbernagel et al. (2007) — pain-monitoring model