Physiological Indicators

Question 1

1) What is pulse rate?
2) What is the average resting pulse rate for an adult?
3) What are the risks of raised pulse?

Answer 1

1) A measure of how fast your heart is beating.
2) 60-100 bpm
3) Dizziness , heart attack , stroke , high blood pressure

Question 2

1) What is the average pulse rate for an athlete?
2) What does the difference in the average pulse rates suggest?

Answer 2

1) 40-60 bpm
2) The fitter you are, the lower your resting pulse rate.

Question 3

1) What is blood pressure? What is it measured in?
2) What is the top number called and what does it mean?
3) What is the bottom number called and what does it mean?

Answer 3

1) The** pressure exerted** by your blood against the walls of your arteries, measured in milimeters of mecury (mmHg)

2) Top number is systolic pressure; the maximum pressure in the arteries as heart pumps blood to the whole body.

3) Bottom number is diastolic pressure; the mimimum pressure as the heart relaxes between the beats.

Question 4

1) What’s it called when the blood pressure is high?
2) Whats the blood pressure when its high?
3) What’s it called when the blood pressure is low?

Answer 4

1) Hypertension
2) Over 140/90 mmHg
3) Hypotension

Question 5

1) How is high blood pressure caused?
2) How to reduce the risk?

Answer 5

1) Caused by:
* overwight
* smoking
* lots of stress
* eating too much salt and not enough fruits/veg
* Over 65
* lives in a deprived area
* being African or Caribbean descent

2) To reduce the risks:
* maintain healthy diet & weight
* do regular exercise
* drinking alcohol only in moderation, no smoking
* enough sleep

Question 6

What does high blood pressure further cause?

Answer 6

Further causes:
* heart disease
* disability
* memory loss
* kidney disease

Question 7

1) What is peak flow?
2) What does peak flow show?
3) What is the most common use of the peak flow meter?

Answer 7

1) A measure of the expiratory rate (in litres per minute; L/min) in which air is expelled from your lungs when you breathe as hard as you can.

2) It shows if the airways are narrowed or not.

3) The most common use is to monitor a person’s asthma as it detects the small changes in the airways and lets you know when you peak flow starts to drop; to ensure the conition is under-control.

Question 8

Which conditions can peak flow diagnose?

Answer 8

It can diagnose:
* bronchitis (chest infection)
* emphysema (damage to lungs)
* Cystic fibrosis
* lung cancer

Question 9

1) What is BMI?
2) How to calculate BMI?
3) What conditions can be caused by too much body fat?
4) What conditions can be caused by less body fat?

Answer 9

1) BMI is a measure of amount of fat on your body in relation to your height to show whether your weight is healthy or not?
2) Weight (kg) ÷ height² (cm)

3) Too much body fat:
* cardiovascular disease
* high blood pressure
* diabetes
* arthritis
* stroke

4) Less body fat:
* undiagnosed illness
* eating disorder

Question 10

1) What’s the ideal blood pressure reading?
2) What’s the pre-high blood pressure reading?

Answer 10

1) Ideal = 90/60 mmHg
2) Pre-high = 120/80 mmHg

lowest number = systolic / diastolic