Do you like to take blood pressure???

For me one of the best parts of the physical exam is to take bllod pressure.

Do you like it?

What kind of sphygmo??

Do you like to take it by palpation??

Yes, I like very much. The first time I used a stethoscope whit a woman was taking her blood pressure.

I always measure BP whilst doing a full examination. I've 3 sphygs, an old mercury type which is my favourite, an aneroid plus an electronic.

I like to compare readings from the mercury and electronic ones during a session.

No, I hate getting my blood pressure taken for real, but in a fantasy exam I think that it wouldn't be complete without it. I think it's just one of those things that helps create the control idea, you know, the doctor is able to tell you when it's over, how much longer it will be, it's minimal pain and discomfort,thinking about it, sounds pretty cool.

I love having my blood pressure taken. I just really love the cuff and I think it may be the pressure that really gets me going, I'm not sure. Its definately part of any fantasy exam I would have.

In real life I am completely neutral about it- I always get nervous at the doctor, but the blood pressure exam doesn't make me very scared, my blood pressure has always been good, and hopefully will continue to be! In a play exam I think it would excite me, because it's like warming up the patient... Your heart could beat faster, and you would know that the doctor would only be getting more detailed from there.

For me the bloodpressurepart is so embarrasing at a real doctors appointement. It is always really high. I had to go and see a cardiologist, and you could really see that my bloodpressure increases as soon as I enter a doctos office. So now there is on the top of my card the remark: labcoat bloodpressure

Usually when I am at the doctor's office, they have to take my blood pressure twice. I think it is the "white coat syndome". After I have relaxed for a few minutes, and they take my blood pressure again, it is back to normal. My blood pressure will run anywhere from 102/67 to 115/72. If my blood pressure is up to 125/75 etc., you know I am excited or in pain.

I like it. Helps me know where I am, and how I am doing. Totally measures the level of anticipation.

I always have my blood pressure taken twice first while sitting (and have oral temperature taken), and then again while standing.

I like taking blood pressure. I take it quite a bit at the practice I work at. I love taking my gf's bp. I usually take hers in multiple positions.

I don't look forward to it as I know it will always be up due to "white coat" syndrome. Last ER visit it got me straight through to the special unit because it was so high at triage. At one point they put one of the auto cuffs on and it eventually dropped to about normal after Id settled in...

Well at least you don't have to wait for three hours in the ER just to get checked FlushedPatient. I was in there a few weeks ago because of a knee problem (Tell me how you dislocate a kneecap while reading a book on the couch, please!) But I had to wait for about 3 hours in the waiting room, then for another hour to get an x-ray, then another hour to get the results of the x-ray (yes, just telling me that I needed an MRI and a visit to an orthopedists). So, maybe white coat syndrome isn't that bad 😃

Ouch sorry to hear that...are you ok now?

On crutches, another six weeks of physical therapy, immobilization brace, all that fun stuff. Oh, and extremely embarrassed; I'm serious, I was sitting on the couch reading a book with my feet up and my knee pops out of place. How the hell does that happen!?! Oh well, at least now I get to catch up on all the stuff going on here 😁

Thanks for the concern!

Hope u feel better real soon flyfisher. an, read less stories on the couch!

I love getting my BP taken. Anything that involves a stethoscope really gets me going.

I would love having my BP measured with a manual sphyg, stethoscope firmly on my brachial artery, and multiple measurements to obtain an average reading .

Nothing like a purist! I agree there is something about a sphygmomanometer either aneroid (dial type) or mercury column that cannot be duplicated by the latest electronic gismo! Its magically to watch that column of mercury bounce with each heartbeat! And they want to abolish mercury columns! Gad zooks - that's the gold standard (or should I say mercury).

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Ps I'm impressed not one in a thousand would realize it was the brachial artery

It would be interesting to study your white coat phenomena. WalMart sells a reasonably priced manual aneroid dial blood pressure cuff - a bit cheesy but it compares well against a mercury column. Do you find any correlation with the invasiveness of the procedure?

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Cardiologist woooo tell us us the dx (diagnosis) I'm sure there are cardiologists here warming their stethoscopes - can we auscultate! (No that's not kissing rather the clinical term for listening

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Do you feel that your enhanced blood pressure and increased heartrate (tachycardia) is related to your state of sexual arousal or just a general state of body physiology.

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I had a hematoma of one ear that had to be seen to. My white coat syndrome got the best of me and my vitals went bonkers...

I wouldn't say I specifically like taking BP however it is an essential part of any exam, real or play. As a PlayDoc it is a valuable indicator of the patient's anxiety level, something I try to stimulate without going over the top.

I use a mercurial sphygmanomometer and always establish systolic by palpation, followed by systolic and diastolic by auscultation. High on my wish list is a Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor with Oximeter to constantly keep track of the patient during procedures.

I love the feeling of the cuff and the pressure, it's a good beginning to the exam. Wouldn' mind having it taken more than once actually.

Taking the bloodpressure itself doesnt do a lot for me.

but all the little tests and exams are some sort of forplay i feel.

I love taking my partner's BP. I use an aneriod cuff, I don't do it by palpation because I have lost much of the sensation in my fingertips, although I have done it by palpation in the past. We also use a pediatric cuff for assessing other parts of the anatomy and that's fun too. I'm an old-fashioned purist and don't care for the digital units, it takes all the fun out of it!

Play On!

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Out of curiosity - what values do you get from your cuff when measuring from his errrr ahhhhh "short arm" ? An enquiring mind wants to know?

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Along the same lines - have any of you ever experimented with plethysmographs? They wouldn't be too hard to construct.

Yes blood pressure check is essential part of my exam.

😉 I love to do all kinds of patient care. I would take a patients vital signs as many time as they asked because im a good nurse w a great bedside manner;-) I believe a high BP should be monitored daily and requires EXTRA attention;-) any takers? Hehe!