Equipment
a cloth wrap
cuff
Systolic 120-139
Diastolic: 80-89
Prehypertension
The first thump, larger number
Systolic number
attached to the cuff with rubber tubing
rubber bulb
Systolic: less than 120
Diastolic: less than 80
Normal
diastolic number
used for listening to sounds produced by the blood rushing back into the brachial artery
stethoscope
Systolic: 140-159
Diastolic: 90-99
Hypertension Stage 1
Specific sounds heard when someone is taking blood pressure
Korotkoff sounds
Used in many practices today to simplify and speed up the taking of blood pressure
Automated electronic blood pressure device
Systolic: 160 or higher
Diastolic: 100 or higher
Hypertension Stage 2
how many phases of Korotkoff sounds occur during deflation of the blood pressure cuff
the equipment used for measuring blood pressure int he arteries
Systolic: higher than 180
Diastolic: higher than 110
Hypertensive crisis
Arm circumference for an adult cuff
13 inches