Tools for Taking Blood Pressure
Tips for Taking Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Cuff Placement
Inflating a Blood Pressure Cuff
How to Take Blood Pressure
Interpreting Blood Pressure Readings
How Activity Affects Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Change Demonstration
How Oxygen Delivery Affects Blood Pressure
Importance of Exercise for Blood Pressure
Summary: When you take a blood pressure reading it is important to inflate the blood pressure cuff until you no longer hear a pulse. Learn more about how to inflate a blood pressure cuff with tips from a doctor in this free health video.
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"Now we want to inflate the cuff. An important part of this is making sure that the dial on the blood pressure cuff is tightened all the way up, so that when we pump the air through this, it's going up into the cuff, and not out the side. We want to increase until we no longer hear a pulse coming through the brachial artery, and then we're going to go thirty millimeters of mercury above that, and that's where we're going to stop. That's how you inflate the cuff."
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