Home BP Monitoring

• Buy a British Heart Association approved blood pressure machine
• Check blood pressure as per machine guidelines
• Record blood pressure twice a day for two weeks, morning and evening
• Sit for 5 minutes, ensure no disruptions or disturbance
• Take 3 readings, leaving 1 minute between each reading
• Record the lowest of the 3 readings on the chart below

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Average Blood Pressure

This is your average blood pressure reading. The calculation has ignored day 1 (as this was when you were just getting used to the monitor) and is an average of the remaining readings.

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