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I don't have my book right in front of me, and I worked all day, so I'll try to remember accuratley.. LOL...
Put the cuff on, locate the radial pulse, pump it up until you can no longer FEEL the radial pulse with your fingers. Deflate the cuff. Locate the brachial pulse, apply stethoscope, pump the cuff back up to +30 mmHg from whatever number the radial disappeared at... slowly release the air and listen for the standard starting/stopping sounds to determine systolic & diastolic numbers.
We're required to do it this way.. and it just seems silly to me.
lvmama
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Anyone else doing these? I was told that in PA they're going to be making it the standard for nursing students to learn.
It seems like an extra waste of time... but.. eh.