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| How long is the QT interval? |
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| How long is the PR interval? |
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| Length of ventricular systole |
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| Length of the quiescent period? |
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counting the pulse in ones wrist
The radial artery |
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| Why would the Apical pulse be faster than the Radial pulse? |
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| The Apical may be faster than the radial because of a slight lag in time as the blood rushes from the heart into the large arteries where it can be palpated. |
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| What are sounds of Korotkoff? |
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| The resumption of blood flow into the forearm when blood pressure overcomes that of the blood pressure cuff. |
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| What is a normal blood pressure range? |
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| What are the steps to taking BP |
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Wrap Blood pressure cuff around ones arm with tube running down the brachial artery
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Palpate the Brachial artery
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Inflate the cuff to 160
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Release the pressure valve and listen for the first soft thudding sound. Thats systolic
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Listen for when the sound increases then gets muffled then stops. That's diastolic.
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| What does the lub refer to? |
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| the closing of the AV valve |
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| The closure of the semilunar valves |
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| Anterior to the ear, in the temple region |
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| with teeth clenched, just anterior to the masseter muscle on the mandible in line with the corner of the mouth. |
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In the antecubital fossa, at the point where it bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries.
(where the elbow bends) |
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| at the lateral aspect of the wrist, above the thumb |
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| Just above the medial malleolus |
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| On the dorsum of the foot |
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