STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER HEIGHT

MEASUREMENT (MALE AND FEMALE)

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR OWN HEIGHT
1. Find a flat, uncarpeted section of floor and a flat section of wall.
2. Take off your shoes. Remove headbands or anything else on your head that may get in
the way of an accurate measurement.
3. Stand with your feet flat on the floor with your heels against the corner where the
wall and floor meet. Make sure your head, shoulders, and buttocks are touching the
wall.
4. Stand up straight with your eyes looking straight ahead. Your line sight and chin should
be parallel to the floor.
5. Use a ruler or book to measure the height of your head against the wall.
6. If possible, stand facing a mirror to make sure the ruler is parallel to the floor.
7. With one hand holding the ruler, use your other hand to mark on the wall where the
bottom of the ruler meets the top of your head.
8. Or, if you can hold the box steady, step out from underneath it and mark the wall with
one hand while holding the ruler in place with the other.
9. Use a tape measure to measure the distance from the floor to where you marked the
wall.
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 STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER HEIGHT
MEASUREMENT (MALE AND FEMALE)
HOW TO MEASURE YOUR HEIGHT WITH HELP
1. Find a flat, uncarpeted section of floor and a flat section of wall.
2. Take off your shoes. Remove headbands or anything else on your head that
may get in the way of an accurate measurement.
3. Stand with your feet flat on the floor with your heels against the corner
where the wall and floor meet. Make sure your head, shoulders, and buttocks
are touching the wall.
4. Stand up straight with your eyes looking straight ahead. Your line sight and
chin should be parallel to the floor.
5. Have someone place a flat object (ruler or book) against the wall at a right
angle. Then have them lower it until it rests gently on top of your head,
keeping it at a right angle to the wall.
6. Lightly mark the wall with a pencil at the point where the ruler meets your
head.
7. Use a tape measure to measure the distance from the floor to the mark on
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 STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER WEIGHT
MEASUREMENT (MALE AND FEMALE)
HOW TO MEASURE YOUR WEIGHT USING A BATHROOM SCALE
1. Place your scale on a flat surface. Choose a flat, hard surface such as a
linoleum or hardwood floor. Avoid placing it on uneven or bumpy tiles, rugs,
or carpet.
2. Check if dialer is on ‘0’. If not, you may manually adjust it.
3. Step onto the scale. Stand still on the scale with both feet even and flat. Don’t
touch or hold on to anything.
4. Read the number. Let examiner/paramedic look into the weighing scale or
take a picture of the reading.

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 STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER WEIGHT
MEASUREMENT (MALE AND FEMALE)
HOW TO MEASURE YOUR WEIGHT USING A BALANCE SCALE
1. Place your scale on a flat surface. Choose a flat, hard surface such as a
linoleum or hardwood floor. Avoid placing it on uneven or bumpy tiles, rugs,
or carpet.
2. Check if dialer is on ‘0’. If not, you may manually adjust it.
3. Slide all the weights on the horizontal rail over to the left.
4. Adjust the sliding weights, if using a balance scale. Move the large weight on
the bottom bar over to the right, one notch at a tile. Stop when the arrow on
the right end of the balance beam begins to dip downward. Then, move the
small weight on the top bar over to the right, one notch at a time, until the
arrow is as level as possible.
5. Read the number. Let examiner/paramedic look into the weighing scale or
take a picture of the reading.
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 STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER CHEST INHALE
AND EXHALE MEASUREMENT (MALE AND FEMALE)

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR CHEST

1. Take a tape measure and encircle chest around the level of nipple.
2. Ask client to take a deep inspiration and hold his breath while taking
measurement. On expiration, take measurement.
3. Ask client to repeat step 2 thrice to verify measurement.

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STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER WAIST AND HIP
MEASUREMENT (FEMALE)

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST

1. Stand up straight and breathe out.
2. Use a tape measure to check the distance around the smallest part of your
waist, just above your belly button. This is your waist circumference.

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR HIPS

1. Put your feet together.
2. Locate the correct area of your hips – the widest point around your buttocks.
3. Hip measurement should include your buttocks and hips.
4. Hold the start of the tape measure on one hip, wrap it around your buttocks
and around your other hip and then back to where you started.
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STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR PROPER WAIST AND HIP
MEASUREMENT (MALE)

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR WAIST

1. Stand up straight and breathe out.
2. Use a tape measure to check the circumference measurement around waist,
level of belly button. This is your waist circumference.

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR HIPS

1. Put your feet together.
2. Locate the correct area of your hips – hip bone around your buttocks.
3. Hip measurement should include your buttocks and hips.
4. Hold the start of the tape measure on one hip, wrap it around your buttocks
and around your other hip and then back to where you started.
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 STEP BY STEP USE OF DIGITAL WRIST BLOOD
PRESSURE APPARATUS

1. Put the display screen on the inner sides of your wrist,

and wrap the wrist-band well.
2. Check the wrist-band, ensure that the wrist-band is not
too tight or too loose.
3. The device should be 10-15mm distance from your
palm (about 1 finger width)
4. Make sure to keep the device at the level of your heart
when you start to measure
5. Press the start button and the device will start to
inflate. Avoid moving and try to relax during reading.
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 STEP BY STEP USE OF DIGITAL ARM BLOOD
PRESSURE APPARATUS

1. Wrap the cuff around the upper arm with the cuff’s
lower edge one inch above the antecubital fossa.
2. Check the arm-band, ensure that the arm-band is not
too tight or too loose.
3. Make sure to keep the device at the level of your heart
when you start to measure.
4. Press the start button and the device will start to
inflate. Avoid moving and try to relax during reading.

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 STEP BY STEP MEASUREMENT OF PULSE RATE

1. At the wrist, lightly press the index and middle fingers

of one hand on the opposite wrist, just below the base
of the thumb.
2. Count the number of beats for one full minute or in 15
seconds, and multiply by four.

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 STEP BY STEP USE OF PULSE OXIMETER

1. Place clip-like device on your right middle finger or

right thumb. A small amount of pressure is normal.
2. Keep the probe on for as long as needed to monitor
your pulse and oxygen saturation.
3. Try to avoid moving too much as it will affect the
reading.

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 FACTORS THAT MIGHT CAUSE INACCURATE
READING IN PULSE OXIMETER

1. Nail polish or pigment on finger

2. Bright light on the probe
3. Patient movement
4. Poor perfusion
5. Carbon monoxide poisoning

Source: WHO

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 TAKING PEDAL PULSE (DORSAL PEDIS)

1. Place your fingers just lateral to the extensor tendon

of the great toe(an inch below great toe)
2. Count the number of beats for one full minute or in
15 seconds, and multiply by four.

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 PROPER WAY TO BENDING TECHNIQUE

1. Stand upright. Press your heels into the ground.

2. Slowly bend halfway forward. Take a deep breath and
on exhale bend further down using your hip joint (not
from the chest) until you reach your knee or toes(or
just let your hand reach as far as you can).
3. Avoid straining your back and knee. Do not over exert.
4. Gradually raise your arms and trunk while breathing
normally. Do not go back to standing position abruptly.

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 HOW TO ACCESS FOR PITTING EDEMA
Pitting edema: Observable
swelling of body tissues due to
fluid accumulation that may be
demonstrated by applying
pressure to the swollen area

Press with your right thumb

over the bony backgrounds
(dorsal portion of hand or foot)
for 5 – 10 seconds.

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