Lecture part 2

Question 1

We also do palpation for __________…

Answer 1

temperature

Question 2

If I’m doing a foot exam and those feet are cold what does that tell me? ________circulation and there’s no hair growth either so poor circulation

Answer 2

poor

Question 3

Auscultation is with a stethoscope

Question 4

Pulses to know on body: brachial, radial, popliteal, dorsalis pedis

Question 5

Knowing _________pulse will tell us how to properly place a blood pressure cuff

Answer 5

brachial

Question 6

Blood pressure is pressure of blood within the vessels

Question 7

How is the blood circulating what is causing it to circulate? The ___________

Answer 7

heart

Question 8

Heart contracts and what happens to the blood??
The sound that we hear the contraction we hear a love dub..we have ventricles and atria

Question 9

The sound that we hear the contraction we hear a love dub..we have ventricles and atria

Question 10

Diastolic is __________ which is filling

Answer 10

relaxation

Question 11

Systolic is ________________

Answer 11

contraction

Question 12

Blood pressure is dependent on 2 things? _____________and resistance

Answer 12

cardiac output

Question 13

BP is an ____________ measure because you can’t measure the actual pressure in the heart when its contracting and filling that’s really not feasible so its an indirect measure

Answer 13

indirect

Question 14

If you just put a stethoscope on your arm am I going to hear anything NO! why am I not going to hear anything its just flowing… you won’t hear anything until you inflate that cuff and it occludes the brachial artery and then as you release the pressure in that cuff then you start to hear it again and its just based on normal flowing your not going to hear anything it’s the pressure and it’s the resistance that is made by inflating the cuff that will allow you to hear the blood pressure and so the air into the cuff raises the pressure in the cuff.

Question 15

The point where it disappears is your __________

Answer 15

diastolic

Question 16

The point where you hear two consecutive beats that’s your _________

Answer 16

systolic

Question 17

Questions for the patient?
1.Have you had any __________ or _________ drinks in the last 30 minutes?
2.Have you ____________ anything prior to coming in the last 30 minutes?
3.Have you done any ____________ or worked out in the last 30 minutes?

Answer 17

caffeine or energy drinks

smoking

physical

Question 18

Caffeine, smoking, physical are the 3 things to ask your patients