Darren Wriggley asked:
On my last visit to my GP a nurse took my blood pressure readings using a pump up machine and a stethoscope. Surely this method allows human error – poor hearing or distraction added to which it was actually uncomfortable indeed painful. Should I trust these measurements? I read here http://www.blood-pressure-monitoring.org/blood-pressure-monitors.htm that modern blood pressure monitors are better so why would a surgery still use old fashioned methods?
On my last visit to my GP a nurse took my blood pressure readings using a pump up machine and a stethoscope. Surely this method allows human error – poor hearing or distraction added to which it was actually uncomfortable indeed painful. Should I trust these measurements? I read here http://www.blood-pressure-monitoring.org/blood-pressure-monitors.htm that modern blood pressure monitors are better so why would a surgery still use old fashioned methods?
