Blood pressure devices in Malls

Are Blood Pressure Measurement Devices in Malls and Pharmacies reliable?

There are blood pressure monitoring devices in almost all pharmacies, malls and even grocery stores. Even though these machines are for free usage, they are simply not maintained, calibrated and have cuffs of only one size. Right off the bat, these devices are useless for measuring blood pressure in children (or those individuals with a small body size) and large or overweight individuals.

The manufacturers of these outdoor automated blood pressure devices install them all over the place and rarely come back to service them. In some cases, parts are missing or the cuffs are ripped. Therefore, to summarize- these devices suck. If you have high blood pressure, you should either get your blood pressure measured at the doctor’s office or get a device, which fits your arm and produces reliable measurements that match the doctor.