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Definision :

Sphgmromanometer is one of many

medicaL tools who use by nurse and doctorin the hospital. It is important to check vitalsign.

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There are twu kinds of sphgymomanometer:

1. Digital sphgymomanometer It issphygmomanometer with digital tecnology

2. Mercury sphygromanometer It is

sphygromanometer made with mercury

Digital

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Function :

Sphymomanometer is a mecical tool tocheck one of vital sign, it is to check bloodpreasure.

User :Sphygmomanometer is usually

used by doctor or nurse in thehospitalor in the practice room to checkblood preasure, but someone can use itto check blood preasure her self.

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Place to use :

We usually use it in the legh, but if ourlegh is imposible to pair, we can use thigh tocheck blood preasure with this tool.

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How to use?

How to use sphygmomanometer is asfollows. People who would lay down theirblood pressure measured, then the cuffsphygmomanometer tied around the upperarm, about 2 fingers above the elbow crease.Then a stethoscope placed on the arterybrakhialis located at the elbow crease.

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While listening to the pulse, the pressurewithin it raised by pumping until a pulse is heardagain, then the pressure within it slowly lowered.At the time of the pulse rate began to be heardagain, see that there is pressure on the boundaryor surface of the mercury contained in thesphygmomanometer. So the pressure is calledsystolic pressure.

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In the measurement process, the pressurewithin it remain lowered. The sound pulse willbe heard more clearly until one day the voice

sounded weak pulse and eventually disappear.When the sound pulse weakened, again we seein sphygmomanometer pressure, and pressure isthen called the diastolic.

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How to keep sphymomanometer :

1. Keep it in the cuboard to save fromdust.

2. Clean it every day with duster.

3. Check mercury after used.

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