The EMT Is Correctly Using a Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitor

question 97

Multiple Choice

The EMT is correctly using a noninvasive blood pressure monitor when she:

• A) auscultates a blood pressure before applying and activating the device.
• B) alternates arms for each blood pressure that is obtained with the device.
• C) confirms each reading on the device by palpating a pressure in the opposite arm.
• D) places the cuff of the noninvasive BP monitor on the patient's forearm.

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Definitions:

Efferent

Referring to nerve fibers that carry signals away from the central nervous system to the peripheral effectors, such as muscles or glands.

Midbrain

A portion of the central nervous system associated with vision, hearing, motor control, sleep/wake, arousal (alertness), and temperature regulation.

Gray Matter

The darker-colored regions of the brain and spinal cord consisting mainly of neuronal cell bodies and branching dendrites.

White Matter

Brain and spinal cord tissue consisting mainly of myelinated nerve fibers, which facilitate the rapid transmission of signals between different parts of the central nervous system.