List four factors that can cause an inaccurate blood pressure reading.
What will be an ideal response?
· Use of the wrong size blood pressure cuff
· Improperly wrapped blood pressure cuff
· Incorrect positioning of arm
· Not using the same arm for all readings
· Not having the gauge at eye level
· Deflating the cuff too slowly
· Mistaking an auscultatory gap for the diastolic pressure
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1. Tort law 2. Public law 3. Constitutional law 4. Procedural law
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