Blood Pressure Lab

First Graph, comparing Blood Pressure.

A couple days ago in Anatomy we did a Blood Pressure "Lab". Which was basically all of us taking out the blood pressure cuffs and fancy new technology to see if we could check our blood pressure. After much hectic trying out of good old fashioned blood pressure cuffs with no results, we decided to try out some newer technology. One thing we decided to try was an arm cuff that had to be pumped, just like the "old fashioned" models, but it was a nice automated model. Meaning we didn't have to really keep track of anything, when it was done, it gave us our results on a small screen. The first number it gave us was the systolic number, then the diastolic number, and then finally our heart rate. In these graphs we compared each of our results using the automated arm and wrist pumps. On the first graph you can see the comparisons of the systolic and diastolic numbers. The systolic number is the measurement of blood pressure when the ventricles contract. The diastolic, is the opposite, it is the measurement of blood pressure when the ventricles are relaxed. This is measured in mmHg (Millimeters of Mercury). The second graph is the comparisons of the heart rate. Heart rate is simply the measurement of heart beats per minute (bpm). It is interesting to look at these graphs and compare the blood pressures of Katrina and I to the blood pressure of Steven because we are girls and he is a guy. Looking at the graph you can see that the systolic numbers of Katrina and I were always lower than Steven's, using either the wrist or arm cuff.