Safety Talks - go2HR

The nurse may hear a murmur, a swishing sound, a clear tapping or a muffled sound but the nurse must wait to hear the last sound when determining the diastolic blood pressure reading. Murmurs (Korotkoff II), tapping (Korotkoff III), muffled (Korotkoff IV), and end of diastole (Korotkoff V) sound correlates with the beginning and end of diastole. ................
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