When knowing that you’re a patient of frequent high or low
blood pressure, you must ensure that you know how to check your ratings with
the Sphygmomanometer.
Before using this device at home, we would suggest you to
consult your doctor first so that he/she can instruct you well on the proper
usage of this device. Here are the listed below steps you need to do while
checking your blood
pressure by Sphygmomanometer.
1.
Setting up
the Equipment/Device
Gently, sit down at a table or desk
where you can set up the necessary equipment and its related accessories. Now remove
the cuff, stethoscope, pressure gauge, and bulb from the kit also then taking
care to untangle the various tubes gently.
2.
Make sure
to raise your arm to heart level
Properly elevate your arm so that when you bend your
elbow, your elbow stays parallel to your heart’s direction. This will ensure
that you do not get a disturbed reading on your blood pressure device. Also,
make sure that your arm is supported by something in order to avoid any
disturbance of the readings.
3.
Now wrap
the cuff around your upper arm gently
If you’re wearing a shirt, make sure you roll your
sleeves first and then do this task. Usually the bottom edge of the cuff lies
an inch above the elbow.
4.
Place the
wide head of the stethoscope on the arm
The edge of the diaphragm should be
just beneath the cuff, positioned over the brachial artery. Now gently put the
earpieces of the stethoscope
in your ears.
5.
Inflate the
cuff
You need to keep pumping the cuff until
the needle on the gauge reaches 180mmHg. Now the pressure from the cuff will
occlude a large artery in the bicep. Hence there is a reason why the pressure
from the cuff can feel pretty absurd.
6.
Note your
systolic and diastolic blood pressure
·
Here, the systolic number indicates the
pressure from where the blood flow exerts on the walls of an artery after the
heart beats or contracts. If it is a higher number of the two blood pressure
readings, then it appears at the top.
·
Whereas, the diastolic number indicates the
pressure from where your blood flow exerts on the walls of an artery after your
heart relaxes between contractions. If it is the lower number of the two blood
pressure readings, then it appears at the bottom.
Hope
we’ve helped you enough to work with your blood pressure device.
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