blood pressure

Question 1

what is the name of the machine that takes blood pressure

Answer 1

sphygmomanometer

Question 2

what should you warn the patient about the blood pressure procedure

Answer 2

it will feel tight but shouldn’t last too long

Question 3

what is the first thing(s) you should to with the sphygmomanometer before the procedure

Answer 3

disconnect the tubing and squeeze the air out of it

make sure the dial is zeroed

Question 4

how should the patient be positioned

Answer 4

seated and relaxed

upper arm fully exposed

arm level with the heart on like a desk or something

Question 5

where should the BP cuff be applied to the arm

Answer 5

as high up as possible

snuggly, one finger

Question 6

what is the order of procedure for taking a patients BP

Answer 6

intro/ consent 
prepare sphygmomanometer 
position patient 
apply BP cuff
locate brachial artery 
estimate BP
auscultate fine tune BP

Question 7

what happens after the BP cuff has been wrapped around the patients arm

Answer 7

the tubes are reattached and the blub valve fully closed

Question 8

what do you do once the equipment is all set up

Answer 8

find the brachial pulse which is medial of the biceps tendon

Question 9

once you have found the brachial pulse what do you do

Answer 9

inflate the cuff until you can no longer feel a pulse and take that as the estimated systolic - delate the cuff rapidly

Question 10

what you do once you have your estimate

Answer 10

place your stethoscope over the brachial pulse and inflate

Question 11

on auscultation how high should you inflate over the estimated by

Answer 11

30 mm Hg

Question 12

once the cuff is inflated while auscultation what happens

Answer 12

the cuff is slowly deflated until tapping beats are heard (systolic pressure)

continue until the beats disappear (or in some patients become muffled) and that is diastolic volume

rapidly deflate cuff

Question 13

when slowly deflating the cuff what speed should this be at

Answer 13

2 mm Hg