Blood Pressure Measurement - Clinical Examination

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After properly situating the patient​ and blood pressure cuff​, the following sequence should be used ​to measure blood pressure​ manually:
1) Rapidly inflate the cuff to a pressure of 180 mm Hg
2) Gradually release air from the cuff (~3 mm Hg per second)
3) ​Take note of the​ initial knocking (Korotkoff) sound, which ​corresponds to systolic blood pressure
4) ​Take note of the​ ​final Korotkoff sound​, which ​corresponds to ​diastolic​​​​​ blood pressure
5) Rapidly deflate the cuff following the final Korotkoff sound
6) Repeat blood pressure measurement in the patient’s other arm​
Remember: systolic blood pressure above 180 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure above 110 mm Hg require immediate medical attention.
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3rd day as an MA and I was completely lost on how to read the dial I was a bit embarrassed to admit I didn’t know what I was doing this helps me ALOT thank you

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I would have said 124/80......

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Are the values not measured in even numbers? How was 127mmHg measured when it goes up in values of two? To me it looks like systolic is 126mmHg

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i learned that you would just go up to 125 in this case for simplicity

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