{"id":17781,"date":"2020-02-28T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/?p=17781"},"modified":"2020-02-28T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:29:28","slug":"how-to-measure-blood-pressure-correctly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/news\/how-to-measure-blood-pressure-correctly\/","title":{"rendered":"How to measure blood pressure correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Before the measurement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Avoid eating, drinking coffee and smoking 30 minutes before measurement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17814\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_4_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avoid activity and find time to relax for 5-10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17811\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_5_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avoid thick or close-fitting garments on the upper arm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17812\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_6_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Sitting Comfortably Measurement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Place your feet flat on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sit on a back-supported chair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t cross your legs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17785 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Fit the cuff closely, but not too tight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Place the artery-mark on the cuff over your artery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Position the cuff 1-2 cm above your elbow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17816\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The middle of the cuff should be at the level of the heart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17817\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_2_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keep your arm still during the measurement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17822\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do not speak during the measurement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17823\" src=\"http:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BP_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the measurement Avoid eating, drinking coffee and smoking 30 minutes before measurement. Avoid activity and find time to relax for 5-10 minutes. Avoid thick or close-fitting garments on the upper arm. &nbsp; Sitting Comfortably Measurement Place your feet flat on the floor.\u00a0 Sit on a back-supported chair.\u00a0 Don\u2019t cross your legs. Fit the cuff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwell-swiss.ch\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}