vitals
Example Sentences
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If you are lucky, you quickly check in with a triage nurse who takes your vitals and registers your complaint—before sending you back to the lobby.
From Scientific American
His vitals were taken around 4 a.m. and, according to the complaint, one of the medical staff members wrote in a note that “inmate needs to be sent out to ER, due to dehydration.”
From Washington Post
After checking its vitals, officers cupped the dog’s nose to provide mouth-to-snout resuscitation and massaged its tiny heart all the way to a nearby veterinary clinic.
From Seattle Times
Paramedics were unable to check her vitals, the gossip outlet reported.
From Fox News
At a large practice my wife attends, they have four little cubicles where vitals are taken.
From Seattle Times
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