Blood pressure

Sadly almost everywhere does indeed use digital BP cuffs even at where I work now does which makes me a sad nursey. But I do own at least 4 of the pump variant as not only do i find them sexier but they can actually make great restraints too 😉

My GP uses a manual cuff.

At home I use a digital.

Sadly i think the automatic machines are taking over. My GP uses one all the time but last time she took my BP manually measured my pulse rate even though the rate was displayed on the machine's screen.

I tink they use it because it is quicker and they can be doing something else while it's working. As to more accurate, i can't tell.

&/ manual always

2/ I am always asked to remove my arm from my sleeve, cimply

My GP uses semi automatic machine (with digital scale) and stethoscope.

Unfortunately quite frequent here are the automatic devices. The manual devices are disappearing, but sometimes very necessary forba good exam.

Always asked to remove my arm from the sleeves

All my doctors use automatic machines but since I have hypertension, my primary care doctor always retakes it manually.

I have a propaq ECG/Blood pressure machine which the Blood pressure part of the machine can do blood pressures every 5, 10, 15, 30 & 60 minutes and i use it quite frequently on myself and also use it over night and its amazing to see what the difference in the readings are. the lowest blood pressure reading was quite recently (a Few nights ago) and found it to be 98/60 with a pulse of 44.

That's a big debate especially in the age of electronic tools. Many places use the electronic machines for convenience, but others take a manual to make sure it's reliable. I know some fire departments that take a manual first to establish baseline, then later can use the monitor to get electronic ones

Most doctor's offices I visit check it manually. I think there was one occasion where they checked it at the eye doctor for some reason, and it was an electronic cuff. When it's taken manually, I don't think I've ever been asked to roll up my sleeve or had it rolled up for me. Then again, I'm often wearing t-shirts!

Still have it done the manual way. Also usually have my shirt off

The nurses at my doctor's office always takes my blood pressure manually and usually over top of my shirt sleeve

I like the old fashioned way. Some times I pull shirt off or doc slides it up

My doctors (my cardiologist and my general practitioner) go back and forth. Perhaps they only have a limited number of the digital readers in their respective offices. I prefer a manual reading of my pulse and blood pressure. Personally I don't believe the digital readers are as accurate.

Only manual blood pressure with a mechanical inflatable sphygmomanometer and a doctor's ear/palpation can give an accurate measurement. No computer can 'sense' precisely and appreciate what a doctor can.

Manual blood pressure determination is also a lot quicker than electronic machines and therefore less uncomfortable for the patient.

Dr.MG

I get it taken every few months when I'm monitored for my hormones. It's only ever been done electronically. I can't remember the last time I had it taken manually although I'm sure it must have happened when I was younger. After taking my blood pressure the doctor usually takes my pulse manually at my wrist.

I think I've always worn either a t-shirt or a short sleeve shirt for these appointments. She usually asks me to push my sleeve up but then ends up moving it around herself as she's securing the cuff. Usually I'm sitting with my arm resting on her desk.

2) I try to push my sleeve up to help the doc as much as possible.

1) I still see the old fashion dial with the numbers, still wondering how the hell you interpret it

The nurse always checks my blood pressure. I roll my sleeve up myself. She uses the automatic cuff.

I have never got my BP checked on a regular basis. Last time when I got mine checked at my GP he used the automatic one. It showed a higher reading of 150/100. I was shocked as I never had BP issues. So I asked him if he had the conventional one...when he checked with that it came to normal 120/80.

I wear half-sleeve T-shirt so the question of rolling up the sleeve doesn't arise.

My office doctor uses conventional one.

There too I got checked once only and I rolled up my sleeve,as we wear full sleeve shirt in office

At my regular doctor, the nurse checks BP with an automated machine but the doctor always rechecks it manually. If I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt, I take it off.

Exactly.

The nurse uses the automatuic cuff, but the doctor checks the blood pressure again by using the meanual cuff and stethoscope.

I push my own sleeve up

For me, the nurse is always the one to take my blood pressure before the doctor comes in. Both my primary care doctor and my hematologist's offices take it manually. I have had it done the automatic way at an out of town appointment though. I roll my sleeve up if i am wearing long sleeves.

I have white coat hypertension so when I get mine checked the nurse usually lets me settle down a bit for a few minutes. She knows that I get a bit nervous so she tells me she won't put the cuff on me until we chat a few moments. Then she will unbutton my shirt sleeve on the left and slide it up as she tells me to take a few deep breaths. She then lays the manual cuff on me and slides the stethoscope in her ears as I try to breathe deeply. I look at her as the stethoscope is in her ears as she begins to pump up the cuff. I can usually tell by the feeling of the pulse at the cuff if it is elevated. It usually is as I do love a nurse checking my pressure ; )

My medical manual cuff and stethoscope and always on the arm without clothes

Same as MikelPin. My BP is always done with my shirt off or my sleeves rolled up real high. My primary care physician (internist currently, pediatrician growing up) would always take my BP manually.

The nurse practicionar uses the automatic pressure cuff over sleeves.My general practicionar always uses the manual cuff with the sleeve rolled up.I have the white coat syndrome so the 2 are never the same

My physician will raise my sleeve to place a manual blood pressure cuff on my arm. If I am wearing a long sleeve shirt he advises me to remove it. He has never used an automatic cuff to check my blood pressure.

I get my BP taken by the nurse at the beginning of the exam. They always use an automatic cuff. I normally go when it's hot out, so I'm almost always wearing short sleeves anyway. The nurse just asks me to roll it up. When I was younger, I would occasionally have a high reading due to nerves. Once, the doctor used a manual cuff and stethoscope and re-checked my blood pressure at the end up the physical, while I was lying on the table in my underwear.

Where I go they do it manually.

The typically the nurse asks me roll up my sleeve and pushed it further if she needs to. When the doctor comes in he also likes to take it himself and if I'm not in gown he does it over my clothing.

1.) I'm not sure what you call it, but I always just had the nurse use that... cuff around my arm, apply the squeezage (lol), take the measurement and deflate it and remove.

2.) Ehh I forget, but they probably roll off the sleeve up if it's long-sleeve.