Anyone heard of Diastolic BP being higher than Systolic???

[WSU_Ally_RN]

I have a cousin that was talking with her mom today and was insisting her BP was 130's/150's. I told her that was impossible, I have never encountered that, nor heard of that, but she kept insisting that was correct. She even said that's how it was in her MD's office today... Has anyone here ever seen a diastolic larger than a systolic??? Or is my cousin slightly confused over her bp reading...

[cherrybreeze, ADN, RN]

I'm going to hijack this already hijacked thread for a moment.

What makes someone a "Specialist?" Is it simply working on a specific ward or is it being a subject matter expert in a specific area? I've so often seen members taglines include four or five "Nursing Specialty" areas yet only 1 or 2 years of nursing experience.

The reason I ask (and I don't intend to be mean, just honest) is the OP states that she/he is a Critical Care Specialist, yet is asking questions about the most fundamental of nursing concepts. I wonder if we should change the tagline to "Area currently working" Just a thought.

That's the thing, though....you're reading too much in to it. The area in which someone works is a "specialty," that's not the same thing as someone SAYING "I'm a Critical Care Specialist" (you inferred that statement on your own). Specialty/Area Currently Working are the same thing.

[makes needs known]

Wait ..... was it a left handed blood pressure cuff? They go backwards don't they?