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Name: ____________________________________
Date: ____________________
Student #1
Rachel
Tiphany
Name: _______________________________
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Name: _______________________________
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Whats With All the Pressure? Activity Measuring Blood Pressure Worksheet
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2. Compare your blood pressure readings for Student #1 with a group member who also took
Student #1s blood pressure reading. Are your readings the exact same? If not, what might
have caused them to be different?
The readings of our blood pressure is not the same. They are different because our readings of
systolic and diastolic is higher than the other. This may mean that one of us have more hypertension
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in our body than the other.
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3. Is having low blood pressure good or bad? Why? Please explain your thoughts.
Having a low blood pressure is good as long as the doctor doesn't consider it a problem or unless
there is a huge decline. Its only a problem if your experiencing symptoms such as dizziness, fainting,
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dehydration, or even blurred vision.
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4. Is having high blood pressure good or bad? Why? Please explain your thoughts.
Having a high blood pressure is bad because you can be going through hypertensive crisis possibly.
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If you have uncontrolled high blood pressure the blood pressure can injure or kill you.
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Whats With All the Pressure? Activity Measuring Blood Pressure handout