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 six 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 will be discarded and the remaining
will be averaged.
You can watch your blood pressure and pulse results.
The machine is extremely
intelligent and will not record blood pressures that are felt to be
inaccurate.
If you notice an error code in the left hand corner or the
machine stops working, relax, stop moving your arm so the machine resumes
working.
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.
