On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:59:13 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

Anyone have any recommendations? Are the automatic wrist types
accurate enough for home use? While Im comfortable using the old bulb
and stethescope units, she is not, so something either fully automatic
or manually inflated, automatic read is what I have to get.
I do know the finger style is not particularly accurate, and she does
have reduced circulation due to her medical conditions.

Thanks in advance

Gunner


Well, my wife has an old Norelco automatic cuff that she's had for
years and it still works fine. One just puts on the cuff and hits a
button. It does the rest.

She says to avoid the wrist cuff ones. Hospital grade wrist cuffs are
okay but as of last time she checked, a couple weeks ago, doctors and
nurses were saying the ones available at most retail stores were
notoriously inaccurate in their opinions. She inquired with docs and
nurses she knows because a friend has had problems and needed to
purchase a monitor. And mentioned getting a wrist cuff type.

That's as much as I know. She has hers as part of the standard
medical kit she maintains around the house. And as it still works
fine, she's not had to replace it. So we're not familiar with more
recently made monitors. But I thought I'd mention the warning about
the cheap retail wrist cuffs.

Bob