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  2. I got a free blood pressure screening at Petersburg's library ...

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    Why not get your blood pressure checked for free at the Petersburg library? Every Tuesday 1-6 p.m., or check a monitor out and take it home!

  3. Walgreens and Take Care Clinics Offer Free Blood Pressure ...

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  4. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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    By compressing the surface veins, arteries and muscles, they force circulating blood through narrower channels. As a result, the arterial pressure is increased, which causes more blood to return to the heart and less blood to pool in the feet. There are two types of compression stockings, gradient and anti-embolism. [2] Compression stockings

  5. During blood pressure check, there's a right way and wrong ...

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    For example, if a person’s actual blood pressure is 134, and blood pressure is measured on a dangling arm, the reading could end up over 140, which is considered to be stage 2 hypertension.

  6. Intermittent pneumatic compression - Wikipedia

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    IPK with inflatable trousers. Intermittent pneumatic compression is a therapeutic technique used in medical devices that include an air pump and inflatable auxiliary sleeves, gloves or boots in a system designed to improve venous circulation in the limbs of patients who have edema or the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or the combination of DVT and PE, venous ...

  7. Blood pressure - Wikipedia

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    Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood through the circulatory system. When used without qualification, the term "blood pressure" refers to the pressure in a brachial artery, where it is most commonly measured.

  8. Blood pressure measurement - Wikipedia

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    A minimum systolic value can be roughly estimated by palpation, most often used in emergency situations, but should be used with caution. [10] It has been estimated that, using 50% percentiles, carotid, femoral and radial pulses are present in patients with a systolic blood pressure > 70 mmHg, carotid and femoral pulses alone in patients with systolic blood pressure of > 50 mmHg, and only a ...

  9. New Detroit program offers free blood pressure screenings ...

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