[Expert Solution]: While assisting the circulator during…

While assisting the circulator during outpatient surgery under local anesthesia, you are asked to take the patient’s vital signs for the duration of the case. Explain the following: You do not know what the patient’s normal vital signs are. Do you need to know this to carry out this role? You cannot find an available digital blood pressure apparatus, so you must use a stethoscope and manual sphygmomanometer. Is this important to document? The circulator asks you to record all three elements of blood pressure. What does he mean, and how do you measure it?