Measuring Blood Pressure

During Blood Pressure Tests

Remove any restrictive clothing from your arm that has the blood pressure cuff. You must be seated comfortably with back support and feet flat on the floor in a quiet environment. Your arm should be at heart level and supported on the table. You should not talk or move your arm arm which should remain firmly supported on the table.

Clinical Blood Presure Machines

Clinical blood pressure measuring devices typically take a series of blood pressure measurements done a minute apart. The machine give an average blood pressure which reflects your true blood pressure. A blood pressure measurement will be done every minute and repeated several times. The first value may be discarded and the remaining will be averaged.

Home Blood Pressure Machines

You may also measure your blood pressure at home. Select link to see guideline of how to measure BP at home. Select Home BP devices.