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Taking your Blood Pressure
Sit yourself comfortably and place your arm, slightly angled
and relaxed, onto a table.
Important: Your upper arm with the cuff should be roughly
in line with your heart.
Be sure that you keep your arm perfectly still and that you
do not speak whilst you are taking your blood pressure.
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Place the earpieces of the stethoscope firmly into your ears.
They can be turned in their spring allowing you to place
them independently forward into the ear passages.
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Take the Rubber Ball into your hand and pump up the cuff
with steady and rhythmic pressure on the ball. The Air
release valve is automatically closed with the first inflation.
Continue pumping until the pointer on the scale shows a
value 30 – 40 mmHg above your normal upper blood
pressure value.
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If you do not know this on the first occasion, inflate to
190 mmHg.
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