What does missing vital signs mean?
After Abe was shot, it was reported that he had no vital signs. Everyone seemed to know that he should be dead.
Having vital signs means alive, so what are the signs of being alive?
The average person must have a heartbeat if they want to live, and should also have breathing. The vital signs really include breathing and heartbeat, so are there other indicators besides these two?
What are the four vital signs?
Medical vital signs include: temperature, heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure.
Why are these four called vital signs and not others, such as movement, talking, blinking, etc.?
1. Body temperature: The normal body temperature of adults is between 36-37.2 degrees. This problem mainly refers to the core temperature, not the surface temperature. The core temperature is relatively constant and changes little, so we humans are Warm-blooded animals.
Exceeding this temperature is called fever, and below this temperature may lose temperature. We all know that both fever and loss of temperature are harmful to the body, and even fatal.
The human body can live a normal and healthy life only if it is maintained within the normal body temperature range.
2. Heart rate: The normal heart rate of an adult is 60-100 beats/min. Only with a heartbeat can the circulation of the blood be ensured, and the arterial blood containing oxygen and nutrients can be transported to all parts of the body. At the same time, the venous blood containing carbon dioxide and metabolic waste is transported back and discharged, so as to ensure continuous metabolism and live in this world.
3. Breathing: The normal frequency of breathing is 12-20 times per minute. Breathing is to let the air containing oxygen enter the lungs, so that the oxygen enters the body, and the carbon dioxide in the body is excreted from the body.
This process is very important. We all know that human beings consume energy in order to live, and energy must be produced with the participation of oxygen to generate carbon dioxide. Without this process, human beings will not be able to live.
4. Blood pressure: including systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The normal systolic blood pressure for adults is 90-139 mmHg, and the diastolic blood pressure is 60-90 mmHg.
Why should there be blood pressure when there is a heartbeat in the vital signs, because a heartbeat does not protect the blood pumping to the whole body. If the blood pressure is too low, the blood pumped by the heart will be very small, which cannot satisfy the body the needs of various organs and tissues. Too high is not good, because this is a disease called high blood pressure.
Do normal vital signs mean healthy?
To live, one must have vital signs. Some people say that patients on ventilators can live without breathing. This is too one-sided, because patients do not have spontaneous breathing patients. It may be brain death. Brain death is equal to death in current medicine.
Are abnormal vital signs just sick? uncertain.
For example, a person just after exercising, the heart rate and breathing will exceed the normal range, but if under normal conditions, if the vital signs are outside the normal range, then seek medical attention.
If any sign is normal, does it mean healthy? maybe.
For example, many diseases are normal during the remission period, and there are also normal vital signs in the early stage of some epidemics. For example, patients with coronary heart disease usually have normal vital signs. For example, patients with early cancer often do not have any abnormality, but the body has already appeared abnormal.
But one thing is clear, that is, if there are no vital signs, you will not be able to live.