Pulse Sites

Which site is the brachial?

Which site is the apical?

The ___ blood pressure is heard during Korotkoff phase I.

Pulse pressure is calculated by

• systolic + diastolic

• systolic x diastolic

• systolic - diastolic

• diastolic x systolic

When obtaining a pulse for 30 seconds, when documenting in chart, you should

• multiply x 4

• divide by 2

• document number counted

• multiply x 2