Make sure the patient is relaxed by allowing 5 minutes to relax before the first reading.
Blood pressure measurement instructions.
This equipment requires coordination.
200 over 120 is an extreme blood pressure and hints at a mistake in your reading.
It is vital that measurement gives accurate results to ensure patients receive the correct treatment and care in a timely manner.
Step 2 prepare the patient.
Blood pressure bp measurement is a commonly performed procedure in most healthcare settings and provides essential information to aid diagnosis and monitoring.
A sphygmomanometer also known as a blood pressure monitor or blood pressure gauge is a device used to measure blood pressure composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure the pressure.
If you purchase a manual or digital blood pressure monitor sphygmomanometer follow the instruction booklet carefully.
It s difficult to use if you re hearing or visually impaired or if you re unable to perform the hand movements needed to squeeze the bulb and inflate the cuff.
A blood pressure measurement instrument such as an aneroid or mercury column sphygmomanometer or an automated device with a manual inflate mode.
I would advise you to retake the measurement.
Manual sphygmomanometers are used with a stethoscope when using the auscultatory technique.
How to measure blood pressure using a manual monitor.
Take at least two readings 1 min.
Rest in a chair for at least 5 minutes with your left arm resting comfortably on a flat surface at heart level.
Sit calmly and don t talk.
To begin blood pressure measurement use a properly sized blood pressure cuff.
The length of the cuff s bladder should be at least equal to 80 of the circumference of the upper arm.
Diastolic blood pressure is always the lower reading and so is noted beneath the systolic pressure.
American heart association recommended blood pressure levels.
Manual or aneroid equipment includes a cuff an attached pump a stethoscope and a gauge.
