Blood Pressure Tracking Log Page 2

It’s important to check

and record your numbers.

Before taking your blood pressure:

• Avoid smoking, caffeine, or exercise for 30 minutes

• Sit down and relax for at least 5 minutes

• Use a properly sized cuff. A cuff that fits incorrectly may also give a measure that is not true

How to take your blood pressure:

• Sit down with both feet flat on the floor and your back up against the chair

• Wrap the blood pressure monitor cuff above your elbow

• Rest your arm on a table. Your upper arm should be at heart level

• Don’t talk while you take your blood pressure

• Follow the instructions that came with your monitor

• Take your blood pressure twice and write down the results of the second reading

Blood Pressure Tracking Log

Date

AM Reading

PM Reading

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