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Videos about taking blood pressure can be located online. A blood pressure reading is a measurement of the body's blood pressure using a blood pressure cuff (sphygmomanometer). Blood pressure is usually taken while the patient is seated and resting their arm on a table, slightly bent. A health care worker will wrap the blood pressure cuff snugly around the patient's bare upper arm. They will place a stethoscope over the artery on the inside of the elbow and below the cuff. Then they will close the valve on the rubber inflating bulb and squeeze rapidly until the dial reads slightly higher than the usual systolic pressure. They will open the valve slowly, allowing the pressure to decrease gradually until the first pulse is heard. This is the systolic pressure. They'll continue releasing the pressure slowly until the sound disappears. This is the diastolic pressure.¹

Fast Facts:

• Blood pressure is the force of blood circulating on the walls of the blood vessels.²
• Blood pressure is a key vital sign.²
• Blood pressure can be taken at other places of the body as well.²

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