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Virtual Lab: Blood Pressure

1. Open the Virtual Lab entitled “Blood Pressure”.

2. The left side of the page contains background information and instructions in the “Question” area. On the bottom of the page are the following icons for your use: “Journal” (these are questions that may be answered/submitted to your instructor), “Calculator” (working calculator function), “Data Table” (where you may be submitting your collected data from the exercise), “Audio” (turns sound on/off) and “Print” (prints the screen).

3. Read the background information found under the “Question” area first, and then continue on to reading the procedure information posted there as well.

4. At this point, you are ready to begin the lab exercise. You will need to first open and/or print the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report”, which can be found on the previous page. Click on the “Information” button on the blood pressure testing room area and read through the information presented. When you are ready, please select the gender and age range of the first group of patients you would like to test and select “Measure Blood Pressure”. Remember to follow the directions given to you in the “Question” as well as in the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report” areas, and refer back to your notes in the “Information” area if necessary.

5. Complete the exercise as directed, recording any data or information needed in your “Data Table” (icon on the bottom of the page) and/or your “Lab Report”.

6. When you are finished, please answer all of the questions found at the end of the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report”.