Unit 10

Cards (3)

  • Valsalva maneuver - holding breath breath and straining against a closed glottis
  • Orthostatic hypotension - a common result of immobilization
  • Venous vasodilation and stasis:

    In immobile client, the skeletal muscles do not contract sufficiently, and the muscles atrophy. It can no longer assist in pumping blood back to the heart against gravity