Blood Pressure – Weekly Readings

If you have been advised by the surgery to submit your blood pressure readings on a regular basis please use this form.

Instructions:

• Don't smoke, drink caffinated drinks or exercise 30 minutes before measuring your blood pressure (BP)
• Ensure 5 minutes of quiet rest before taking your BP.
• Sit with your back straight and supported, your feet flat on the floor and your legs uncrossed. Your arm should be supported on a flat surface with your upper arm at heart level. Don't take the measurement over clothes.
• On each occasion take your blood pressure TWICE and submit the SECOND reading.
• Record your blood pressure TWICE DAILY, ideally in the morning and the evening.
• Record your blood pressure for A TOTAL OF SEVEN DAYS.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

This is your average blood pressure reading. The calculation has ignored day 1 (as this was when you were just getting used to the monitor) and is an average of the remaining readings.