When Using a Blood Pressure Cuff as a Tourniquet,the Cuff

question 33

Multiple Choice

When using a blood pressure cuff as a tourniquet,the cuff is inflated:

• A) below the systolic and above the patient's diastolic pressure.
• B) to 40 mm Hg.
• C) and deflated three times.
• D) above the systolic and below the patient's diastolic pressure.

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Definitions:

Expected Frequencies

The counts or proportions one would expect in categories of a contingency table if there were no association between the variables.

Chi-square

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between observed frequencies and expected frequencies in one or more categories.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents a distribution of values, means, or variables symmetrically clustered around the mean.

Observation

The action or process of closely monitoring or noting phenomena as they occur in a systematic manner for data collection.