Guidelines to Good Health - Snippet 06

It is important that people know the importance of the VITAL SIGNS. 

The vital signs include 

• the blood pressure
• the heart rate
• the body temperature and 
• the breathing rate. 

They show at what point between life and death a person is. 

A severe abnormality of any of these leads to death.

Often-times, sick people who are on the right medications die because enough caution was not taken to ensure that the vital signs are within the safe limits. Relatives of sick people need to have an idea of the normal and dangerous levels of the vital signs and how to measure them.