Blood Pressure Flashcards
4 places you can find a pulse (names/location)
Radial Artery: At the wrist at the base of the thumb
Carotid Artery: At the front of the neck
Dorsalis Pedis Pulse (DPA): At the top of the feet
Posterior Tibial Pulse (PTA): On the inner side of the ankle (medial malleolus)
Low blood pressure = ___ PR
High blood pressure = ___ PR
rapid
slower
average PR of adult, infant, 4-10 yr., fetal
adult: 60-100 bpm
infant: approx. 120 bpm
4-10 yr.: 90-100 bpm
fetal heart rate (FHR): 120-160 bpm
Tachycardia
abnormally rapid heart rate
bradycardia
abnormally slow heart rate
how to take respiratory rate
count chest motion for 30 sec and multiply by 2
respiratory rate of adults, children, infants
Adults: 12-20
Children: 20-30
Infants: 30-60
abnormal adult respiratory rate
< 8 or > 30 breaths/minute
systolic pressure is what/number
heart contracts, pushing the blood out to the body and placing a force on the arteries – 90-120 mm Hg (adults)
diastolic pressure is what/number
pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats – 50-80 mm Hg
hypertension (what/numbers)
High blood pressure
▪ Systolic – 140-159 mm Hg
▪ Diastolic – 90-99 mm Hg
hypotension (what/numbers)
▪ Low blood pressure
▪ Systolic – less than 90 mm Hg
▪ Diastolic – less than 60 mm Hg
what takes a blood pressure
sphygmomanometer
blood pressure read in ______ of ____ (____)
millimeters
mercury
mm Hg
stethoscope bell transmits ___ sound and should be held ____ against the skin. The diaphragm transmits ___ sound and should be pressed ____ against the patients skin
low
lightly
high pitched
firmly
