Blood Pressure Lab

The lab I decided to choose is the Resting Blood Pressure lab. In this lab we used some tools like the aneroid sphygmomanometer and the stethoscope. These tools are used to measure the blood pressure of the doctor’s patients. Two terms we learned that is pretty important is Primary hypertension and secondary Hypertension. Primary Hypertension means that cause of hypertension is unknown and Secondary Hypertension means that it is caused by endocrine or structural disorders. During the procedures of listening for sound, we listening through the stethoscope for Korotkoff sounds. In the packet given there are other tools to measure blood pressure the three types of sphygmomanometer like the manual, mercury, and aneroid. They all take blood pressure but the mercury is the gold standard and is very accurate the others need rechecks or and stethoscope. The purpose of blood pressure measurement is to check for signs of future cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. For example People who are

The second thing we needed was direct contact to the skin of the patient or classmate. The stethoscope should not be place over the cloth instead under it right on top of the artery. The cuff size is important to determining the right measurements for the patient for instances trying to find the blood pressure of a child’s would work if you use an adult cuff. After everything is placed the manometer should be facing the technician ready to read. The technician then inflates the cuff to 160 mm hg. He then releases listening to the 1st Korotkoff sound (systolic pressure) and the middle (muffling) and the 5th phase (diastolic pressure) which is the disappearance of the sound. The hypothetical recording would be 128/92/86 mm Hg. At the end of the testing the technician uses the 1st and 5th phases to classify the person’s health according to the