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| Q: Where are ideal locations for taking a pulse? |
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| A: The common carotid artery, the brachial artery, the radial artery, and the superficial temporal artery. |
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| Q: Specifically what causes the "lubb" and "dubb" sounds of the heartbeat? |
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A: The lubb sound is the atrioventricular valves closing.
The dubb sound is the semilunar valves closing. |
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| Q: In an ECG, the p wave indicates , the QRS complex , and the T wave . |
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| A: the p wave indicates atrial depolarization, the QRS complex rapid ventricular depolization and the T wave ventricular repolarization |
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| A: Examination by listening to sounds in the body. |
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| A: Examination by feeling, touch. |
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| A: A measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains). |
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| Q: The transducer is used to determine pulse rate. |
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| A: The pulse transducer is used to determine pulse rate. |
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| Q: What is the purpose of the null hypothesis? |
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| A: To state that their is or is not a significant difference between two things comparitively. You accept or reject the null hypothisis and give reasons why it's accepted or rejected. |
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