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Respiratory rate, like most other bodily functions, is slower in older people. This is due to how cellular reactions and metabolic pathways are slowed down through the ageing process. This is standard for everyone and everything that gets older.
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Do your reflexes get slower as you get older?
yes they do get slower as you get older
Does older people have a faster heartbeat and pulse rate after a brisk walk?
This isn't a general rule. Older people may have a slower pulse rate than younger ones, if they follow a fitness program. Older people is different of elderly people.
Does a gerbil get slower as it gets older?
Yes a gerbil will start to move slower when it gets older.
What is respiratory rate of a 1year old child?
15-20
What happens to respiratory rate when you change posture?
Why does the respiratory rate change depending on age?
How does emotion affect the respiratory rate?
Emotion can affect the respiratory rate by triggering the body's fight-or-flight response, leading to an increase in breathing rate during states of stress, anxiety, or excitement. Conversely, feelings of calmness or relaxation can result in a slower breathing rate. Emotional factors can influence the autonomic nervous system, which controls respiration.
What are 3 characteristics of a respiratory surface?
The three characteristics of a respiratory rate are rate, depth, and rhythm.
What rate is the same as the cardiac rate?
respiratory
How many time does a humans breath?
A person's respiratory rate changes with age and physical condition. A baby, (0 - 12months), has a respiratory rate of 25 - 30 breaths per minute, a child, (1 - 10yrs), 20 - 25 bpm and an adult has a rate between 12 and 20 bpm. A person with a good physical condition would breath slower than an unfit person. A sickness or disease like asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, would elevate the respiratory rate. Information from memory and paramedical training.
Where is the respiratory rate controlled?
Respiratory centre in the medulla (brain)
Would a baby's heart rate be slower or faster and why?
Fetal, infant, baby, and toddler heart rate is much higher than an adults. They need and use more energy, but their nervous and respiratory systems are immature. By childhood/middle childhood, heart rate at rest is more like an adult's heart rate.
When should CPR compressions begin for a neonatal patient AHeart rate slower than 100 BHeart rate slower than 120 CHeart rate slower than 60 DHeart rate slower than 80?
60
