1. Blood Pressure
Lab Procedure

2. Blood Pressure
Blood pressure represents the force exerted by blood against the arterial walls during a cardiac cycle.
Systolic Blood Pressure
Contraction of the heart
Diastolic Blood Pressure
Resting of the heart

4. High Blood Pressure

6. Blood Pressure

7. Equipment Needed Stethoscope Sphygmomanometer
Blood Pressure Digital Monitor
Alcohol Wipes: cleans the stethoscope

8. Measurement Procedures
Seated in a quiet room
Bend arm to bring the elbow to heart level
Brachial artery at the inner side of the upper arm, 1 inch above the bend in the elbow
Wrap the cuff around the upper arm. Align the arrows on the cuff with the brachial artery.

9. 5. Place the stethoscope bell below the cuff over the brachial artery
The connecting tube should be exiting the cuff toward the arm.
Inflate the cuff with quick even pumps to 180 – 200 mm Hg
Gradually release the cuff slowly.

10. Note the 1st sound. This is the systolic number
Note when the sound becomes muffled and when the sound disappears. This is the diastolic number.

12. What does it look like?

13. Blood Pressure Digital Monitor