first of all, if you want a good reading, don’t measure your own.
you’ll need a stethoscope, an arm, and a blood pressure cuff. you rest the arm being measured with the hand palm side up on the lap. put the cuff around the upper arm of the person you’re measuring. it should fit snug before you inflate it. the cuff should be high enough so the person can bend their arm.
put your finger on the subject’s radial pulse, and with your other hand, inflate the cuff until the pulse is gone, and a little bit extra. put the stethoscope on the antecubital fossa (crease between upper arm and forearm) to listen to the brachial pulse. slowly release the pressure in the cuff and listen.
you’re listening for the korotkoff sounds. the number on the gauge at which you hear the first sound is your systolic blood pressure, or the top number of the blood pressure. the number at which you hear the last sound is the diastolic blood pressure (or bottom number).
just make sure not to leave the inflated cuff on the arm for a long time because you’re compromising blood flow to that limb if you do so.
ok, in spite of all the other answers, cause they are excellent answers on how to get the blood pressure; you seem to have a problem with actually READING the numbers;; so…say you’ve got the 60 >80mm/hg, the longer line between is 70, then all the shorter lines between read in intervals of 2;; look @ the numbers & fake it stops on one of the lines & try to get the number based on the info I told ya;; it takes practice, but ya gotta get it or you will no longer be in the med profession;; don’t let that scare you;; just take your time; figure it out, & practice often..good luck!!
first of all, if you want a good reading, don’t measure your own.
you’ll need a stethoscope, an arm, and a blood pressure cuff. you rest the arm being measured with the hand palm side up on the lap. put the cuff around the upper arm of the person you’re measuring. it should fit snug before you inflate it. the cuff should be high enough so the person can bend their arm.
put your finger on the subject’s radial pulse, and with your other hand, inflate the cuff until the pulse is gone, and a little bit extra. put the stethoscope on the antecubital fossa (crease between upper arm and forearm) to listen to the brachial pulse. slowly release the pressure in the cuff and listen.
you’re listening for the korotkoff sounds. the number on the gauge at which you hear the first sound is your systolic blood pressure, or the top number of the blood pressure. the number at which you hear the last sound is the diastolic blood pressure (or bottom number).
just make sure not to leave the inflated cuff on the arm for a long time because you’re compromising blood flow to that limb if you do so.
ok, in spite of all the other answers, cause they are excellent answers on how to get the blood pressure; you seem to have a problem with actually READING the numbers;; so…say you’ve got the 60 >80mm/hg, the longer line between is 70, then all the shorter lines between read in intervals of 2;; look @ the numbers & fake it stops on one of the lines & try to get the number based on the info I told ya;; it takes practice, but ya gotta get it or you will no longer be in the med profession;; don’t let that scare you;; just take your time; figure it out, & practice often..good luck!!