NREMT EMT

Answer: D - The blood pressure that is determined by listening through a stethoscope is called blood pressure by auscultation. The word auscultation means to listen to. When you place a stethoscope over the brachial artery and begin to listen as pressure is released from a blood pressure cuff, you can listen for the beats of pressure moving through the artery. Blood pressure by palpation is the process of feeling for the return of a pulse when releasing pressure from the blood pressure cuff.