![]() ![]() If you are going to leave the cuff in place for reassessing the patient's blood pressure after treatments and during transport, make sure to fully deflate the blood press cuff.That number is the patient's diastolic blood pressure number. When you no longer hear the brachial pulse note the number on the sphygmomanometer gauge. Then look at the sphygmomanometer gauge for the systolic blood pressure number. Deflate the cuff slowly until you hear the brachial pulse.After inflating the cuff look away from the sphygmomanometer (the pressure gauge showing the numbers).Don't place the stethoscope under the cuff - this is not TV.Place the stethoscope where you palpated the brachial artery.Know the location of the brachial artery as it passes through the antecubital space (this pulse should be palpable at the anterior aspect of the elbow).Straighten the patient's arm to bring the brachial artery closer to the surface of the skin. ![]() ![]()
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