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                Peripheral Pulse Rating Scale   1 Palpable but thready; easily obliterated with light pressure


















                   0 Absent pulse  2 Normal; cannot obliterate with light pressure   4 Full and bounding
                2.12  •  •  •   3 Full  •  •











                Edema Rating Scale Following the application and removal of firm digital pressure against the tissue, the edema is evaluated for one of the following responses:  1 Small depression in tissue, disappearing in  1 second  2 Depression in tissue disappe











                       No depression in tissue
                2.11   0  •  •  •  •  •
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