Also, just for anyone that forgot, we have 3 questions to answer once we are done taking vitals. Heres how Im going to answer them, feel free to edit or use what you will. Describe the purpose of palpable systolic: The main purpose of taking a palpable systolic is to give the practitioner a systolic pressure to add 30mmHg to, to begin a more accurate BP listening to Korotkoff sounds with a sphygmomanometer. This gives the practitioner assurance that they will not report an erroneous BP and land within the auscultatory gap. It also prevents over inflation and causing the patient pain. Describe what systolic pressure represents: It represents the amount of pressure that blood exerts on arteries while the heart is beating. Describe what diastolic pressure represents: It represents the pressure that is exerted on the walls of arteries between heart beats when the heart is relaxed.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:49:11 +0000
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