Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 12 MAS 292 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Respiratory Rates by Age
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The idea
Normal breathing rates vary by age and are fastest in infants.
In practice
One reference gives about ten to twenty breaths a minute for adults and thirty to sixty for infants under a year; references differ slightly for adults.
Where people slip
Use the practice's reference ranges, and consider sleep, pain or crying when judging a child's rate.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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