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The device mentioned here has to be held over the heart to measure blood pressure.

Elevating the device to to the level of your heart seems like standard practice. Every home blood pressure monitor I've ever used requires this. And it's also the way my doctor does it in his office with both electronic and the squeezie bulb blood pressure thing.



>squeezie bulb blood pressure thing

A sphygmomanometer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphygmomanometer


It's the standard requirement for all wrist devices, with arm-band you can hold your hand in any relaxed position


Yep - most nurses miss this


I would be shocked if a nurse made such an error.

It’s also important that you sit quietly for a minute or so and with both feet on the ground before taking the reading




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