Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

Heart Rate

a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute

hypertension

an abnormally high blood pressure

sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff)

an instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure

your heart rate is measured in...

beats per minute (bpm)

normal systolic pressure is...

120 or less

when taking your pulse you count the number of beats you feel in 30 seconds and multiply by...

2 to find your heart rate in beats per minute(bpm)

diastolic pressure

blood pressure that remains between heart contractions

the average resting heart rate for an adult is...

72 beats per minute

normal diastolic pressure is...

80 or less

when your can no longer hear the heart beat that is your...

diastolic pressure

prehypertension

is when you are at the risk of getting hypertension

when taking your pulse never use your thumb because...

it contains a blood vessel large enough for a pulse to be felt

ACE inhibitor

it helps to lower blood pressure

Radial pulse

locate the radial pulse at the wrist. if you have trouble finding pulse turn wrist palm up. wrap other wrist(palm up) around it until your fingers fold over the radial artery

Carotid pulse

locate this pulse using your index and middle fingers on your neck. slide your fingers alongside your jaw bone and down into the depression on the side of your neck

It is important to take an average resting heart rate then relying on one because...

mistakes can be made when taking a persons blood pressure

Each pulse you feel corresponds with...

one beat of your heart

blood pressure

pressure exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels, especially arteries, usually measured by means of a sphygmomanometer and expressed in millimeters of mercury

examples that can change blood pressure in a given day

stress, salt, caffeine, exercise, amount of sleep

cuff is placed on upper arm and is inflated to cut off blood flow. with a stethoscope listen form heart beat to return that is your...

systolic pressure

blood pressure values are reported (shown) as...

systolic pressure over diastolic pressure

Systolic pressure

the pressure generated by the left ventricle

Pulse

the rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction; can be felt from the outside of the body

resting heart rate is...

your bpm when seated comfortably