How to check systolic blood pressure manually

I am Krystle G. Salvador from BSN-1D and here is a short video demonstration on how to check blood pressure. Enjoy watching!!! Here are some of the ways to check your blood pressure without equipment. Here are some of the necessary steps that you can take to measure it without your cuff and stethoscope. First, you have to use your first two fingers of any hand and put it on the wrist of the opposite hand.  · Let the pressure fall 2 millimeters, or lines on the dial, per second while listening for your heart sounds. Note the reading when you first hear a heartbeat. This is your systolic pressure. Note when you no longer hear the beating sounds. This is your diastolic pressure. Rest quietly and wait about one to two minutes before taking another measurement.

Open the valve fully in order to relieve the pressure as quickly as possible. i. Verify Readings, If Needed. If you wish to check your results, squeeze the air out of the bladder, close the valve, and repeat the procedure. j. Record Readings. Write the patient's readings (systolic/diastolic) on the form or paper. Turn the screw of the pump bulb clockwise several times to close the airflow valve. Squeeze the bulb rapidly while watching the dial on the gauge increase to indicate the pressure. Keep squeezing until the gauge reads between and mmHg. If the dial moves but then falls, make sure the airflow valve is closed. Blood pressure can be obtained manually, via electronic methods and invasively. and when the systolic pressure becomes greater than the pressure remaining in the cuff, a sound will be heard through the stethoscope (Levick, ). 4. Gather, check and prepare the equipment. All BP devices should be checked.

Measuring Your Blood Pressure 1. Inflate the cuff. Rapidly squeeze the pump bulb until you no longer hear the sound of your pulse through the 2. Deflate the cuff. Open the airflow valve by twisting the screw counterclockwise. Let the cuff deflate gradually. 3. Listen for the systolic reading. Blood pressure measurement technique: nurse demonstrates how to check a blood pressure manually at home with a blood pressure cuff kit (sphygmomanometer) and. Move your fingers delicately until you feel the pulse; You can do it in most people. This is when the measurement of blood pressure without equipment comes into play. The mere fact that you can feel the radial pulse indicates that the pressure is above 80 mm Hg. The more prominent the pulse, the higher the tension.