With my 2 boys and myself having ADHD and taking medications that can affect our blood pressure, having a quick, effective, and easy way to monitor our blood pressure at home is essential. Since I am a nurse, I of course, have a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope and can take my boy's blood pressure. However getting a 6 year old and 11 year old to sit still long enough is another story. It's not just the sitting still, it's also the keeping quiet as well! I don't know about other people but trying to take my own blood pressure, is not the easiest to do, I mean, I have great nursing skills and nurses are great at multi-tasking and figuring out ways to get things done when we need to, but, we do have our limits!
I was sent the Gurin Upper-Arm Blood Pressure Monitor to review. It was really simple to set up, simply connecting the air tube to the machine, installing the included AA batteries, and programming the machine for the date and time. After that you just put the cuff on your upper arm, press the start button, and wait for it to check your blood pressure, as well as, your heart rate. This is also a plus because the medications can affect heart rate as well.
The Gurin Blood Pressure Monitor as additional features that are beneficial for us because of monitoring 3 different people. This has the ability to store 3 different users under the alarm settings and will store 60 readings. The included instruction manual gives easy to follow directions for each step of setting up the machine when first taking it out of the box, setting the date and time, and the alarm/user settings. It also has a page of troubleshooting and possible error codes.
The Gurin Blood Pressure Monitor can measure a blood pressure from 30-280mmHg, a heart rate from 40-199. It does have a +/- variation of 3mmHg for the blood pressure and a +/- 4% variation on pulse rate. In the healthcare profession, we know that the the body is in a constant state of working towards homeostasis and readings can vary slightly from one reading to the next, however, blood pressures that vary greatly should be followed up with your doctor. A normal blood pressure can vary anywhere from 15-20% throughout the day and generally your blood pressure will be higher in the evenings than in the mornings. This is because of multiple factors such as stress, diet, etc.
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Disclosure: I received this for free to review and give my honest opinion about the product. I was not compensated in any way for reviewing this product.
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