This app is intended to help EHP students learn typically normal external respiratory (breathing) rates measured in breaths per minute.
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There are significant variations in the literature to age-related, normal vital signs, and the issue is clouded with parameters such as waking status, pain status, sex, and individual genetics. There is also a lack of clarity concerning what is normal, what is healthy, what is acceptable, what requires intervention, and what age spans to use.
The values used in this app come from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2022). They seem to be intended as general guidelines that can be easily remembered:
| Typically Normal Respirations In Breaths per Minute (BPM) |
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|---|---|
| Infant* | 25-60 |
| Child | 15-30 |
| Adult | 12-20 |
*Premature infants typically have higher breathing rates than full-term infants.
The exact definition of "Infant" and "Child" is unclear. Broadly assume that an infant is less than 2 years old, and a child is between 2 and 18 years old.
The upper and lower numbers in the ranges are included within normal limits in this app (i.e. "12" and "20" are within normal limits for an adult.)
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