If it works for my grandmother, it will work for you!
Written: Jul 17 '00
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Pros: Easy to use, just put on the cuff and press a button!
Cons: Doesn't always get a reading on the first try
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| lwg76's Full Review: Omron Blood Pressure Monitor No.HEM711 |
For anyone who needs to easily monitor his/her blood pressure on a regular basis, I would recommend this Omron monitor. When choosing a blood pressure monitor you’ve got a few choices to make. A monitor can be manual or electric, and measure from an upper arm cuff or from your wrist. The Omron HEM-711 is electric and measures from an arm cuff. I recommend an electric monitor because they inflate and deflate for you automatically and are easy to use.
To use this Omron monitor you simply position the cuff around your upper arm. There is a green mark on the cuff that shows you which part of the cuff should be lined up with the inner crook of your elbow. Then you press the start button and wait for the reading. You can watch the electronic display with a beating heart picture on it to see that the reading is working correctly. The final numerical reading shows on the display when it is done. If the reading goes wrong (for example, you might have the cuff on incorrectly) you will see that on the display and the number will go down to zero. Then you try again!
I do not personally have high blood pressure. When I have used this monitor on myself I have never had any problems with getting an easy, accurate reading. The reason I have this machine is that my 91 year old grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, must have her blood pressure monitored daily. Every day we take her blood pressure with the Omron HEM-711. The problem with my grandmother is that she is not always a willing, cooperative subject! Therefore it is not always easy to get a good reading from her. Before we had this monitor we had an Omron model that takes the blood pressure from the wrist. We have found the model with the upper arm cuff to be much more successful at getting a good reading from her. However, there are times when I just cannot get a reading because she is flailing her arms and fighting. I think this is not the fault of the monitor, however.
Whether you use this model on yourself or someone else, if the subject is willing you will get an easy, accurate reading. If you are using it on an unwilling subject, while it is not always possible to get a reading I think this is one of the best models to get, and I strongly recommend the arm cuff over the wrist reading type in this situation.
In the other epinions I have seen here reviewers have said their batteries last for a year or two. From my own experience, I recommend changing the batteries frequently, even if the unit appears to be working fine. For a while we had nurses coming once or twice a week to our apartment to check on my grandmother. They told us that it is important to keep the batteries in a monitor like this one fresh to get an accurate reading. Our readings always checked out with the ones they took manually. But when the batteries wear down, the reading is not as reliable, even though the machine may appear to be working correctly.
Recommended:
Yes
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