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Applying Your Blood Pressure
Cuff
Insert
your
left
arm
into
the
cuff
(cylinder).
The
bottom
edge
of
the
cuff
should
be
positioned
one
inch
ABOVE
the
elbow
joint,
Fig.
3.
The
tubing
should extend
towards your hand.
Fig.
3
Fig.
4
With your
left
arm
extended
in
front
of
you
and palm
facing
upward,
postion the tubing
down
the center
of
your
arm
Fig.
4.
Reaching underneath
your
left
arm
with
your
right
hand,
pull
the
end
of
the
cuff
towards your
body
to
tighten
the
cuff,
Fig.
4.
Wrap
and
secure
the
cuff
making
sure
that
the tubing
position
remains as
shown,
Fig.
5.
The
cuff
should
fit
comfortably, yet
snugly
around
your arm.
There
should
not
be any
gap between
the
arm and
the
cuff.
Fig.
5
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