Instruction Manual
S410.100 Blood Pressure Training System with Speakers
Copyright 2010 by Gaumard® Scientific. All rights reserved.
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To change previously selected values, proceed as follows:
1.
Turn the Tutor
ON
and observe the previously selected values.
2.
Press Systolic and observe the value. If you agree, press Systolic again and that
number is locked in. To increase or decrease the Systolic pressure, press the UP or
DOWN red arrows. When the desired value is reached, press Systolic once more and
the new value is locked in.
3.
Proceed with Diastolic, Upper auscultation gap, lower auscultation gap, and heart Rate
in the same manner. Once selected, each value will disappear so the student cannot
see them.
D. Blood Pressure Training
1.
Instruct the student to take the blood pressure by installing the BP cuff and place the
bell of the stethoscope over the speaker concealed in the antecubital region of the arm
near the elbow. The instructor may wish to press on the radial pulse so it is not easily
heard by the student through the stethoscope.
2.
Instruct the student to pump up the cuff until he/she can no longer feel a radial pulse.
Go about 10 mm further. Now slowly release the cuff pressure until the first Korotkoff
sound is heard indicating the Systolic pressure. Decrease the cuff pressure and hear
K2, K3, and K4. The K5 sound is silence.
3.
Ask the student to record the Systolic pressure, the Diastolic pressure, the limits of the
Auscultation gap (if any) as well as the pulse rate. Compare the values recorded by the
Student with those originally selected in order to determine a pass or fail status.
If an Auscultation gap was programmed, the student will
not
hear the
Korotkoff sounds between the
upper
and
lower
limits.
