Physical Assessment

Question 0

What is the resting pressure that the blood constantly exerts between each contraction?

Answer 0

Diastolic (DBP)

Question 1

What is the maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction?

Answer 1

Systolic (SBP)

Question 2

What is the difference between SBP and DBP and correlates with stroke volume?

Answer 2

Pulse Pressure

Question 3

What is the pressure on the artery that increases if the heart pumps more blood into the artery?

Answer 3

Cardiac Output (CO)

Question 4

What is the pressure needed to push blood through the artery and increases when the diameter of the artery decreases?

Answer 4

Vascular resistance

Question 5

What is the pressure in the artery that increases when there is more blood/volume circulating in the body?

Answer 5

Volume

Question 6

What is the pressure that increases when the thickness of the blood increases?

Answer 6

viscosity

Question 7

What is the pressure needed to push blood through the artery that increases when the arterial walls are stiff and rigid?

Answer 7

Elasticity

Question 8

What are 5 factors that determine blood pressure?

Answer 8

CO
Vascular Resistance
Volume
Viscosity (can get thicker with too many RBCs)
Elasticity

Question 9

What increases with heavy exercise to meat body demand for increased metabolism?

Answer 9

CO

Question 10

What decreases with pump failure such as weak pumping action after an MI or if in shock?

Answer 10

CO

Question 11

What increases with VC and decreases with VD?

Answer 11

vascular resistance

Question 12

BP varies with many factors such as. . .

Answer 12

age
gender
race
diurnal rhythm
weight
exercise
emotions
stress

Question 13

If the bp cuff is correctly inflated and there is no sound, what does that mean?

Answer 13

the cuff is cutting off the brachial artery flow so there should be no sound of blood flow

Question 14

in phase 1, when you heart soft, clear tapping, increasing in intensity, what does this “mean”?

Answer 14

this is the systolic blood pressure (the true SBP is the very FIRST sound)

Question 15

True or False? Streamlined blood flow is SILENT.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

What is the most common error in bp measurement?

Answer 16

deflating the cuff too quickly

Question 17

If your patient is obese, and you do not have a large enough cuff, what can you do?

Answer 17

use forearm and listen to radial artery near wrist

Question 18

If your patient has had a mastectomy on the right side, where do you take her bp?

Answer 18

use her left arm, not her right arm

Question 19

What if your patient has had a double mastectomy, where do you take her bp?

Answer 19

on her leg and listen to the artery behind her knee

Question 20

what is a normal pulse?

Answer 20

60-100 bpm

Question 21

bradycardia is ___________ bpm

Answer 21

<60 bpm

Question 22

tachycardia is ________ bpm

Answer 22

> 100 bpm

Question 23

what is sinus arrhythmia?

Answer 23

when the pulse speeds up during inspiration and slows down during expiration

*this is common in people in their early 20’s

Question 24

True or False? Like pulse, respirations decrease with age.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What are some factors that affect temperature?

Answer 25

diurnal rhythm
ovulation
exercise
age
hydration status (dehydrated=higher temperature)

Question 26

In general, axillary temps are _______________ than the oral route.

Answer 26

one degree lower

Question 27

In general, rectal temps are _______________ than the oral route.

Answer 27

one degree higher

Question 28

In general, tympanic temps are _______________ than the oral route.

Answer 28

1/2 to 1 degree lower