December 15‚ 2013 High blood pressure High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Hypertension risk factors include obesity‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ smoking‚ and family history. What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure‚ also known as hypertension‚ is the most common cardiovascular disease. Blood pressure refers to the force of blood pushing against artery walls as it courses through the body. Like air in a tire or water in a hose‚ blood fills arteries to a
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Variables Affecting Human Arterial Pressure and Pulse Rate BIOL-204 Introduction: The woozy feeling when standing up too quickly. After going for a run‚ feeling as if one more beat and the heart would project itself out of the chest. Or quite the opposite and being in a very relaxed state. These are all changes one experiences at some time or another. What causes the different feelings and how each variable affects pulse rate and blood pressure has many wondering. Because of this curiosity
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In this ever-changing society‚ healthcare plays a major role in rendering medical assistance at community and national level when natural disaster and health crisis occurs. According to World Health Organization (2009)‚ nurses and midwives are important in the global healthcare workforce as they have a part in delivering care to primary‚ acute and community settings. Recently in Singapore‚ there have been debates suggesting to make nursing as a national service for all females for the purpose of
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Introduction: What is Blood Pressure? Blood Pressure can be defined as the force per unit area exerted on a vessel wall by the contained blood in the heart‚ and is measured by millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) (Marieb‚ 703). Each time the heart beats (which is about 60-70 times a minute at rest); it pumps out blood into the arteries. There are two types of pressure recorded that can determine your blood pressure. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats‚ pumping the blood. This is called
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Arterial blood pressure is "normal" when the systolic pressure is 90-119 mmHg and the diastolic pressure is 60-79 mmHg. When the arterial pressure is ≥120/80 mmHg‚ a person is considering being hypertensive [1-3]. According to U.S. national guidelines (JNC 7 Report and JNC 8 Report)‚ the following represents different stages of hypertension: Classification Systolic (mmHg) Diastolic (mmHg) Normal <120 <80 Prehypertension 120-139 80-89 Stage 1 140-159 90-99 Stage 2 >160 >100 Treatment of Hypertension
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Ajee Wade February 12‚ 2015 Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the steps in measuring blood pressure. General Purpose: Blood pressure is a vital sign that can be measured by utilizing three important steps. I. Watch Your Blood Pressure A. About 1 of 3 U.S. adults—or 67 million people—have high blood pressure. Only about half (47%) of these people have their high blood pressure under control. This common condition increases the risk for heart disease and stroke‚ 2 of the leading causes of
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long-term force of blood against the walls surrounding you heart that may cause serious health conditions. There are no symptoms of hypertension unless it is extremely severe. High blood pressure doesn’t really have a cure but there are ways to keep it under control. Changing your lifestyle and getting regular blood pressure readings are important to keep it under control. Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is a very common aliment. It is a constant force of blood against artery walls
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steps the measurements gotten should be reliable to explain the procedures and results of the various experiments. In our first lab‚ we started off calculating and documenting descriptive variables‚ Sex‚ Height‚ Weight‚ Age‚ Gender‚ Heart Rate and Blood Pressure both at rest and after exercising. The purpose of this was to be able to measure these methods as well as comparing the results of females and males for a class description. All students ranged in all the
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system is composed of blood vessels‚ blood‚ and the heart. This allows the system to play an important role in the moving of both nutrients and wastes in and out of the blood to maintain an overall homeostasis within the body. The previously completed experiments each had the objective of understanding how various factors may have an influence on blood flow rate. These factors include the effect of blood vessel radius‚ the effect of blood viscosity‚ as well as the effect of blood vessel length‚ and
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session. Blood pressure may be one of the least complicated to monitor‚ yet possibly one with the highest probability to bring on complications if left untreated. Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury. An instrument called a sphygomanometer is used to measure your systolic and diastolic pressure. Written in the form of a fraction‚ the top number is the systolic pressure‚ and the bottom is the diastolic pressure. The systolic pressure is measuring the amount of pressure that
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