• [ ] Introduction
• [ ] Outline procedure and warn about any discomfort → ‘I will inflate a cuff around your upper arm, it will feel like a tight band around your arm, but should not last too long’
• [ ] Seek permission to take their blood pressure

Prepare Sphygmomanometer

• [ ] Place the Sphygmomanometer on surface with dial facing you
• [ ] Select appropriate cuff size (bladder at least 80% of circumference of arm)
• [ ] Disconnect tubing and squeeze out excess air from cuff
• [ ] Ensure dial is centred at ‘0’

Position Patient Correctly

• [ ] Ensure patient is seated & relaxed
• [ ] Patient’s upper arm fully exposed
• [ ] Arm should be supported by table level with heart

Apply BP Cuff

• [ ] Apply cuff around arm so that one finger can be inserted between cuff and arm
• [ ] Cuff bladder should be centred over cubital fossa but tubing should not interfere with stethoscope
  • Apply cuff as high as possible to there’s enough space for stethoscope
• [ ] Reconnect tubes
• [ ] Close valve of the inflation bulb