Post by papaof2 on Aug 24, 2020 20:09:01 GMT -6
Had an equipment failure this week - the 7-8 year old blood pressure monitor no longer reads correctly. The better half didn't feel well yesterday so I sat her dowm with the pulse-oximeter on her finger and the BP cuff on her upper arm. Oxygen saturation of 100% and resting heart rate of 63 is good when sitting (her heart rate may drop below 50 when she's lying down - the heart monitor in the ER starts going bonkers when that happens ;-) Her BP was 106 over 70 which doesn't look right so I replace the batteries, check myself and get 107 over 70 which I'm certain is wrong. Anyway, a little hydration later she's feeling better and I start looking for a new BP monitor.
If Welch Allyn sounds familiar, you may have seen it at a doctor's office or a hospital. They also make home monitors that are FDA approved for remote readings to be sent to a doctor and qre 97% accurate even if you don't keep your arm still. Don't have a current need for that level of accuracy but a model 1500 (RPM-BP100) was $64.99 on Amazon (free delivery). It uses AA cells which I consider better than the smaller units that use AAA cells because the pump really drains the smaller batteries. There are similar units from Omron and others (Omron's primary business is making pressure sensors and the like) but the Omron was $6 more (so I'm cheap, but I consider selectively cheap as being frugal ;-) "RPM" in the model number means it is Remote Patient Monitoring qualified: Bluetooth to your smartphone and data to your MD using the available app. Don't need it now but I plan to be around for a while...
If Welch Allyn sounds familiar, you may have seen it at a doctor's office or a hospital. They also make home monitors that are FDA approved for remote readings to be sent to a doctor and qre 97% accurate even if you don't keep your arm still. Don't have a current need for that level of accuracy but a model 1500 (RPM-BP100) was $64.99 on Amazon (free delivery). It uses AA cells which I consider better than the smaller units that use AAA cells because the pump really drains the smaller batteries. There are similar units from Omron and others (Omron's primary business is making pressure sensors and the like) but the Omron was $6 more (so I'm cheap, but I consider selectively cheap as being frugal ;-) "RPM" in the model number means it is Remote Patient Monitoring qualified: Bluetooth to your smartphone and data to your MD using the available app. Don't need it now but I plan to be around for a while...