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Can anyone explain, in simple lay-person's words, the mechanics of what is happening when a manual blood pressure is being taken.
The cuff squeezes the arm to the point where the provider hears no pulse. Then they hear a pulse. Then there is so little pressure they stop hearing a pulse.
How does this make the top # being the systolic and the bottom being diastolic ?
I do it with no problem, I just want to understand the science behind it.
Thank you in advance.
The cuff squeezes the arm to the point where the provider hears no pulse. Then they hear a pulse. Then there is so little pressure they stop hearing a pulse.
How does this make the top # being the systolic and the bottom being diastolic ?
I do it with no problem, I just want to understand the science behind it.
Thank you in advance.
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