Be sure to remove glasses, contact lenses, and false teeth before the surgery. Jewelry should also be taken off. If your child is having the operation, you may stay to give comfort and support. Children feel safer in the hospital with a parent nearby. A stethoscope is used to listen to the heart and lungs.
Blood pressure is taken by wrapping a cuff around the arm.
There is no pain when taking vital signs. A tube placed in a vein for giving medicine or liquids. It will be capped or have tubing connected to it. Children are usually put to sleep during this operation. Adults may receive numbing medication instead.