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About the Course

The vital signs – heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate, and pain – communicate important information about the physiological status of the human body. In this six-part course we explore the anatomy and physiology underlying the vital signs so that you will develop a systematic, integrated understanding of how the body functions. Relevant body systems are reviewed including cardiovascular and respiratory, followed by explanations of how the function of these systems affects vital signs. We discuss normal ranges, normal variants, and the mechanisms that underlie changes in the objective measurement of vital signs. The course also includes demonstrations of appropriate techniques for measuring vital signs in yourself and others. The course is designed for a broad, general audience but will be particularly interesting for individuals working in healthcare, those considering a career as a healthcare professional, lay caregivers, those with an interest in personal health and fitness, or anyone who simply wants to understand how the body functions....

Top reviews

BR

Sep 29, 2018

Yes, it is very useful to me and I will suggest to my friends to take this course. My sincere Thanks to Connie B. Scanga, PhD, she taken the all lecture clearly and her lecture was easy to understand.

AB

Jun 29, 2017

I really enjoyed to the professor and the idea of learning the material with her students. It made me feel as if I was in the classroom learning with them. She broke down the material in a great way.

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By Mark W

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Aug 19, 2017

Overall, very good. Students would benefit from more background in human anatomy and physiology than I have, but I still got a lot from the material.

By CD C T D

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Aug 24, 2024

Cumple con los objetivos que mencionan al.principio quizá ampliar los ejercicios de retroalimentación podría aún mejorar la calidad de este curso

By Ravi T K

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Feb 22, 2018

good course. Helps a lot for beginners in medicine and all others non medical people to know basic mechanisms and vital signs in our body.

By AARTI G

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Feb 1, 2022

It was my first course on coursera and i like the way she teaches, really appreciable. you people can give it a chance, it's timeworthy.

By Nicole S

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Mar 23, 2018

I was expecting the course to not be so technical, but I ended up learning a lot and most of it was really easy to follow and understand.

By Ashley A

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Mar 2, 2016

a nice course, slower pace, easy to watch/follow. good for people who are NEW to understanding vital signs. A good tool in beginners ECG.

By Kimberly S

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Aug 1, 2021

Great Course to fully understand what each of the vital signs really mean! Love Professor Scanga and how she does her lectures and labs!

By Karla P G R

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Jun 18, 2017

It helps you to review the basics about the five vital signs. It´s a good course but I wish i could learn more in depth about the topic,

By Adong H G

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Jul 9, 2021

It was very insightful and helped me better understand what i have to look out for when monitoring my patients vital signs as anurse.

By Omnia K

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Jul 4, 2022

beginner friendly concepts which are easy to understand. A great course if you want a push to deepen your knowledge about vital signs

By Kyrhen D

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May 25, 2020

There are some parts which are inaudible but this course is very useful! The topics are explained simply and are easy to understand.

By Teresa L

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Sep 14, 2016

I love how there are students present to ask questions. It really helps to clarify the points that the professor is trying to make.

By Cha K

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May 22, 2016

Instructor is amazing and very clear. You have to be sure you are reviewing ALL course materials as the course is very thorough.

By Paul L

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May 23, 2019

An excellent course to gain the basics and more of an in depth knowledge into what the body does and tells us with vital signs.

By Rachel H

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Feb 19, 2021

Informative course. The instruction was beginner, but the testing utilized experience as a nurse with critical thinking, etc.

By Rigel R S A

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Nov 6, 2024

some topics were reviewed in a very superficial manner and in some classes reference was made to topics that are not covered

By Dr R M B

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Feb 12, 2023

Helpful. Candidates with a science/ scientific background will find this more suitable and engaging.

Thank You Dr Scanga.

By Jonathan M

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Mar 7, 2018

It's a great course but the volume variesw considerably in the videos, at moments barely audible or too loud in others.

By ayesha

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Jun 18, 2020

course is really knowldegable and the week topics are well cordinated and explained and thank to all the lecturers.

By Adam K

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Jun 7, 2019

The language was pretty difficult to grasp, but once understood it was very illuminating and fulfilling knowledge.

By CAROLYN T H

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Dec 10, 2024

The course was informative but I played most videos on 1.75x because the lecturer seemed to be going too slowly.

By 周颖

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Sep 11, 2021

The professor use understandable words to describe the difficult concept and mechanism.l learned a lot from it.

By Santiago Y

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Aug 16, 2017

Muy buen curso, me interesa el tema aunque faltan pequeños detalles en ciertos videos.

Gracias Coursera y PENN.

By Fran

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Aug 7, 2016

This is well a presented, informative and moderately challenging course. Liked it enough to take it twice.

By Y C

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Dec 1, 2022

It's a great and very useful course. It would help general learner if more graphics and animation is used.