Instruction manual

11
Applying Your Blood Pressure Cuff
5. Insert your left arm into the cuff
(cylinder). The bottom edge of the
cuff should be positioned one inch
ABOVE the elbow joint,
Fig. 3.
The tubing should extend
towards your hand.
6. With your left arm extended in front
of you and palm facing upward,
postion the tubing down the center
of your arm
Fig. 4.
7. Reaching underneath your left arm
with your right hand, pull the end
of the cuff towards your body to
tighten the cuff,
Fig. 4. Wrap and
secure the cuff making sure that
the tubing position remains as
shown,
Fig. 5.
8. The cuff should fit comfortably, yet
snugly around your arm. There
should not be any gap between
the arm and the cuff.
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5