Opening the book…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1 .
Name five factors that can affect a patient’s heart rate.
2 .
Why would you expect a patient with a MAP of 50 mm Hg to have weak or absent pulses in the extremities?
3 .
In your own words, explain the relationship between systole and diastole.
4 .
What do you do if your patient with a history of COPD has a SpO2 of 90 percent on room air?
5 .
Sam’s patient has called the doctor’s office in a panic because his blood pressure is 200/110. What should Sam do?
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