[gui-talk] Blood pressure arm cuff sizes? (was Talking blood pressure and pulse devices?)

[Joel Deutsch]

will,

One thing I noticed. On Amazon, the LifeSource models, including the talking 
one, clearly have cuffs that go around the bicep or upper arm, however you 
want to put it, but they say nothing about variability in cuff sizes.

However, there's another company with a few products like these listed, 
sounding very much like the LifeSource units, but they come in different arm 
or cuff sizes. Is this something consider? I'm not a man with huge, arms, 
and there never seems to have been any problem at the doctor's office 
fitting me for a blood pressure reading. but I am aware that, even when I 
haven't been doing my bicep curls with hand weights so that my biceps are a 
bit bigger and harder when I flex my arm, my upper arms still aren't exactly 
"thin."  Is this an issue? Again, I'm not a huge man or a big fat man, 
either, and nurses have never had any problem. but should I go to a neighbor 
or the nearest tailor with a tape measure and have my upper arm 
circumference measured so I see which size group (small, medium or large) I 
belong to, as would seem you have to know to order this other brand? Let me 
look at the Amazon page to see the name again.

I see now. Never mind the other brand (A&D, it's called(. I see that the 
talking LifeSource comes in at least medium and large sizes, giving size in 
inches. So I must have someone measure my upper arm, held only slightly bent 
at the elbow as I do during this procedure?

thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith at iglou.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure and pulse devices?



I have and recommend a talking blood pressure device I purchased from
Amazon online.  It is the LifeSource model ua767t and it is quite accurate
and easy to use.  I bought it a couple years ago to monitor my
mypertension, for which I take several medications daily.  I took my unit
several times to my doctor's office and my doctor measured my blood
pressure with it in comparison with his unit.  It was quite accurate,
getting the same number on both my unit and his non-talking doctor's
office model.

I hope this info will be helpful for you.

Will
wilsmith at iglou.com



On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Joel Deutsch wrote:

> I've noticed  products in this category in online blind catalogues like
> LS&S, Maxi-aids, and I'll bet other companies sell them, too. But last 
> time
> I looked was a long time ago, when the idea of needing such things seemed
> pretty remote. But I've got serious heart problems now, and not only do I
> need to be helped finding these units, but I'd really appreciate comments
> from experienced users about how accessible/usable they are and how 
> accurate
> they are.
>
> thanks to anyone who can help. I don't want to just go online "window
> shopping" but have no guide to what's good and what's dangerously
> inaccurate, what's reasonably priced and what's a rip-off, and all that.
>
> thanks very much.
>
>
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