About This Course:
This course discusses several aspects of high blood pressure. The areas that
will be covered in this course are:
~What is Blood Pressure?
~How Your Blood Pressure is Taken
~Systolic Pressure
~Diastolic Pressure
~What is Normal Blood Pressure?
~What is High Blood Pressure?
~High Blood Pressure Statistics
~Blood Pressure Facts
~Symptoms of High Blood Pressure
~Untreated High Blood Pressure
~Risk Factors You Cannot Control
~Risk Factors You Can Control
~Smoking
~Lack of Physical Activity
~Obesity
~Eating Too Much Salt
~Stress
~Drinking Too Much Alcohol
~Medications for High Blood Pressure
~Medication and Side Effects
~Compliance is Important
Objectives:
After completing this course, learners will successfully be able to:
1. define high blood pressure.
2. list causes of high blood pressure.
3. list treatments for high blood pressure.
There are several informative websites that you might find to be useful resources on high blood pressure. These links can be found by clicking on the "External Links" button located on the left side button bar.