Exercise 33 - Pulse + Blood Pressure

Question 1

What happens during systole?

Answer 1

ventricles contracting

Question 2

What happens to pressure during repolarization?

Answer 2

Pressure drops

Question 3

What is considered normal blood pressure?

Answer 3

120/80

Question 4

How do you calculate stroke volume? What is stroke volume?

Answer 4

EDV-ESV; blood pumped out of the heart

Question 5

What is a complete cardiac cycle?

Answer 5

P wave to P wave

Question 6

Which valve has the most problems? And why?

Answer 6

Mitral valve, left side of heart is pushing the hardest

Question 7

What does a whooshing heart sound indicate?

Answer 7

heart mummor due to inverted valve or valve issue

Question 8

What does a whistling sound indicate?

Answer 8

stenosis

Question 9

Where is pressure the highest?

Answer 9

Arteries

Question 10

What is a pulse? Where do we take pulse?

Answer 10

Alternating surges in pressure, Arteries

Question 11

What BP is considered hypotensive?

Answer 11

140/90

Question 12

How do you calculate pulse pressure? What is a normal range?

Answer 12

systolic - dystolic; 30-40 is normal range

Question 13

What is MAP? How do you calculate MAP? What is a normal MAP range?

Answer 13

Pressure that propels blood into tissues; diastolic + 1/3 pulse pressure; 70-110

Question 14

What is EDV?

Answer 14

Volume of blood in ventricle is greatest at the end of diastole

Question 15

What is ESV?

Answer 15

Volume of blood in ventricle is smallest at the end of systole

Question 16

What is the average resting pulse rate?

Answer 16

70-76 beats per minute

Question 17

What is the apical pulse?

Answer 17

counting of the heartbeats

Question 18

Pulse defecit

Answer 18

Difference between values, large value indicates cardiac impairment/weakness

Question 19

The semilunar valves are forced open when ________.

Answer 19

Ventricular pressure exceeds the pressure in the large arteries leaving the heart

Question 20

The __________ are characteristic sounds that indicate the resumption of blood flow to the artery being occluded when taking blood pressure.

Answer 20

sounds of Korotkoff

Question 21

The first heart sound heard during the cardiac cycle is associated with ________.

Answer 21

Closure of the AV Valves

Question 22

Which of the following tools are most commonly used to measure blood pressure indirectly?

Answer 22

sphygmomanometer and Stethoscope

Question 23

What are the steps for using a sphygmomanometer?

Answer 23

Wrap cuff around arm just above elbow
Place stethoscope on brachial artery
Squeeze bulb and inflate just above systolic pressure
slowly release pressure valve
Record number when sounds of Kar. appear
Record number when sounds of Kar disappear

Question 24

Where can you listen to the aortic valve?

Answer 24

2nd intercostal space, right sternal margin

Question 25

Where can you listen to the pulmonary veins?

Answer 25

2nd intercostal space, left sternal margin

Question 26

Where can you listen to the tricuspid valve?

Answer 26

5th intercostal space, right sternal margin

Question 27

Where can you listen to the mitral valve?

Answer 27

Apex of heart, 5th intercostal region