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a. Increase the oxygen flow rate.
-Increasing oxygen flow rate will usually improve oxygen saturation in patients with ventilation-perfusion mismatch, as occurs with pulmonary embolism. Because the problem is with perfusion, actions that improve ventilation, such as deep breathing and coughing, sitting upright, and suctioning, are not likely to improve oxygenation.
Device automatically determines how much the cuff should be inflated to reach a pressure that is approximately 30mm Hg above the systolic pressure.
Cuff does not have to be manually inflated and deflated because this function is performed automatically.
Brachial artery does not need to be located, and the bladder of the cuff does not need to be centered over the brachial artery.
Stethoscope and user listening skills are not required to obtain the reading because the electron- ic sensor in the automated device measures oscillations from the wall of the brachial artery to obtain the reading.
Automated devices are less susceptible to external environmental noise than manual devices.
Blood pressure measurement is easy to read on a digital display screen.
Multiple blood pressure measurements can be taken.
Most automated devices come with an internal memory for storing multiple blood pressure measurements.
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