{"id":31,"date":"2015-04-20T20:54:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T20:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T16:15:44","slug":"lesson-5-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 5: Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>After completing this lesson, you should be able to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify the meanings of systolic and diastolic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify the major parts of a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify how a sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify normal and abnormal blood pressure ranges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify factors that affect a person&#8217;s blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify the proper procedures for taking a patient&#8217;s blood pressure with a stethoscope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify the maximum amount of time that an inflated bladder should be left in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Identify the procedures for determining a patient&#8217;s blood pressure without using a stethoscope.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 5px solid #d20000; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/112177363?h=8aacc5b761\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=301\">5.1 What is blood pressure?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=306\">5.2 What are systolic and diastolic pressures?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=312\">5.3 What factors affect a person\u2019s blood pressure?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=315\">5.4 What equipment is needed to measure a patient\u2019s blood pressure?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=322\">5.5 How does the air pressure inside the bladder provide information about the blood pressure?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=327\">5.6 How do I take a patient\u2019s blood pressure?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=337\">5.7 Can I take a patient\u2019s blood pressure without a stethoscope?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=340\">Lesson 5: Self-Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5.1 What is blood pressure? 5.2 What are systolic and diastolic pressures? 5.3 What factors affect a person\u2019s blood pressure? 5.4 What equipment is needed to measure a patient\u2019s blood pressure? 5.5 How does the air pressure inside the bladder provide information about the blood pressure? 5.6 How do I take a patient\u2019s blood pressure? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=31\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lesson 5: Blood Pressure<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/805"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}