Using Home Blood Pressure Machines

Video Transcript

"Alright. So, I've familiarized you with our blood pressure taking machine and I'm going to go ahead and use it on myself now. I'll place it on my finger, I'll tighten the cuff, I'll push the power button. If it tells me that the cuff is tightened and it's ready to go, I will hit 'start'. When you're having your blood pressure taken, be it by another human or by some sort of device or machine, it's important to be still, be calm, breath normally, make sure to breath in and out. There's no reason to hold your breath, it will affect the reading. And to not talk as talking, motion, activity, does increase your blood pressure. So, I might get a little quiet for a minute but here we go. Put it on my finger, make sure to hold it at heart level. Tighten the little cuff. And that beep tells you that it's powering on. And it's not indicating that I need to tighten the cuff. And I'm going to hit 'start' and get a little quiet. We'll be back to you in a moment with the results. "