heart rate and blood pressure
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- Created on: 13-05-16 17:58
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- heart rate and blood pressure
- pulse is used to measure heart rate
- heart rate is measured in beats per minute
- heart rate is number of times heart beats in one minute
- pulse rate is number of times an artery pulses in one minute
- blood is pumped round the body under pressure
- heart muscle contracts, blood pressure increases
- heart muscle relaxes, blood pressure decreases
- blood pressure is the pressure of blood against an artery wall
- heart rate and blood pressure can see how healthy you are
- normal measurement given in a range as people vary
- high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease
- fatty depostits build in arteries and stop blood flowing through, blood clots, heart attacks
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