Terminology
What is term for Heart Attack
Cardiac Arrest
Relaxes and refills with blood
What is diastole
120/80
What is the average blood pressure
To measure pulse rate, you should count for 30 seconds and multiply by 2 (True or False)
True
The blood pressure cuff should be alined to ....
brachial artery
The sounds heard through a stethoscope when taking a blood pressure reading are called this.
Korotkoff sounds
Contracts and fills with blood
What is Systole
118/75
What is a normal blood pressure
What is the name of the device used to measure blood pressure manually?
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The lower number in blood pressure measurement
What is diastolic pressure
The condition of having persistently high blood pressure is called this.
What is hypertension
This artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary artery
145/92
What is hypertensive
This piece of equipment amplifies the sound of blood flow.
What is a stethoscope?
The upper number in blood pressure measurement
What is systolic pressure
The temporary drop in blood pressure upon standing is known as this.
What is hypotension
The right atrium delivers blood to the right ventricle through this valve.
What is the tricuspid valve
85/58
What is hypotensive
What part of the sphygmomanometer is inflated to occlude blood flow?
What is the cuff?
How long should you wait between continuous blood pressure readings
at least 1 min
What are the four chambers of the heart
left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle
This chamber is directly responsible for delivering oxygenated blood to the aorta
What is the left ventricle?
130/88
What is hypertensive
Name the two main arteries used for blood pressure measurement.
What are the brachial and radial arteries?
The second Korochoff sounds indicates
diastolic number