[gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (Will)

[Will Smith]

You are right!  I try to get the cuff snug, not too tight but definitely 
not loose either.  It takes a bit of practice, and I think you are getting 
the hang of it.  Good luck,

Will
  On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Joel Deutsch wrote:

> Will,
>
> thanks. What I've found so far is that fastening the cuff more loosely than
> the two-fingers-clearance kind of fit will result in weird readings, and so
> what I mean is that learning to get it tight enough but only enough, that's
> what's tricky to do one-handed. But I'm working on it.
>
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith at iglou.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure unit (Will)
>
>
> It is a great device for sure!  My main advice is what you have discovered
> on your own.  I might add best readings occur when you are calm, seated,
> with the arm resting palm down on a surface like a table at normal height
> from floor.  I often wait 5 minutes or so and try a second reading.
> Sounds like you have thething figured out pretty well!  Good luck and
> write again if there are questions.
>
> Will
>  On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Joel Deutsch
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Will,
>>
>> I'd have written you off list with this, but maybe there are subscribers
>> here who might find this informative.
>>
>> I received that model of talking blood pressure device  from Amazon, and a
>> sighted friend helped me by stetting it at the 150 mark to guide it
>> properly.  my blood pressure's regularly been down around 100 over 60
>> lately, thanks to one of the meds I'm taking.
>>
>> I've gotten some pretty wild readings off the thing while learning to use
>> it.pretty high. But I think I've got the cuff adjustment just about right,
>> which is a little tricky if you're alone, as I am, and doing it
>> one-handed.
>>
>> but when I got 98 over 58 this evening, twice in a row, with a pulse rate
>> just a few beats lower than I've been getting at doctors' offices, I
>> figured
>> I'm getting close. Cuff tightness seems to be the most important thing, if
>> I've read the quick start instructions correctly.
>>
>> Do you have any tips from a practiced user? It's a pretty cool device, and
>> I'd like to get a better handle on it and figure out how to estimate its
>> accuracy.
>> .
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
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