Understanding Systolic Blood Pressure
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Understanding Systolic Blood Pressure

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Which of the following statements best describes the systolic blood pressure?

  • an amount that is double the diastolic pressure
  • the difference between the resting pressure and the pumping pressure
  • the pressure when the heart is relaxing and allowing blood into the atria
  • the pressure created when the heart contracts and forces blood into the artery (correct)

    • If an adult patient is not breathing but has a pulse, the patient should be ventilated at a rate of how many breaths per minute?

  • 6
  • 10 (correct)
  • 14
  • 18

    • What is the term for a fracture of the distal radius?

  • Rotation Fracture
  • Supracondylar
  • Colles´ Fracture (correct)
  • Tommy John

    • The lungs are made up of how many lobes?

    <p>5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Emergency care for patients who are not breathing adequately but have a pulse includes all of the following except

    <p>CPR</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A normal respiratory rate for an adult is ____ while a normal respiratory rate for a newborn is ____.

    <p>12 to 20 and 30 to 60</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The upper airway does not include which of the following?

    <p>trachea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Your EMS unit is called to a private residence at 3:00 a.m. for difficulty breathing. Upon arrival, you are presented with a two-year-old female who has had a low-grade fever for the past three days. Her mother says the patient woke up with a seal-bark cough and difficulty breathing. What is the best treatment for your patient?

    <p>administer humidified oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

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