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Measurement of
arterial blood pressure
Aim:
To understand the principle of indirect measurement
of blood pressure (To measure arterial blood
pressure in human body with the auscultatory
method.)
To measure the systolic and diastolic pressures of
brachial artery.
Subject: human
Equipments:
stethoscope
sphygmomanometer (blood pressure gauge)
A few definitions
Blood Pressure- measurement of the force
More definitions
Hypertension- PERSISTENT elevation of
Measurement devices
Aneroid
sphygmomanometer
Simple mercury
sphygmomanometer
Automated bp device
An aneroid
Sphygmoma
-nometer
by Wang Yuechun
Pressure/mmH
g
by Wang Yuechun
Method (indirect)
by Wang Yuechun
c u ff
o c c lu d e d
b lo o d v e s s e l
by Wang Yuechun
by Wang Yuechun
by Wang Yuechun
Results
The blood pressure of students in group X (mmHg)
Name
Sex
age
by Wang Yuechun
Discussion questions
obliteration
Let air out at 2 mmHg per second
millimetre s of mercury