Blood Pressure Reading
Welcome to our blood pressure reading guide. In this section we provide a review of how to take blood pressure; assessment guides for adults and children; practice drills for the assessment of hypertension in children; and a series of case studies on hypertension and hypotension blood pressure.
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Blood Pressure Simulator
Many of our cases use a blood pressure simulator for practice in reading blood pressure. For each case, you will be able to:
1) Inflate the simulator cuff
2) Deflate the cuff
3) Close the valve
4) Determine systolic and diastolic values listening for Korotkoff Sounds
5) Use either mercury or dial cuffs