Check your blood pressure for 3 days (minimum) to 7 days (preferred) before your appointment with your health care professional. You should take two readings, one minute apart twice a day.
Record your blood pressure on this sheet and show it to your doctor at every visit. You can also use AHA’s Check. Change. Control.® Tracker (ccctracker.com/aha), a free online tool to help you track and monitor your blood pressure. Just find the campaign code on the map for your state and sign up.
Record your blood pressure on this sheet and show it to your doctor at every visit. You can also use AHA’s Check. Change. Control.® Tracker (ccctracker.com/aha), a free online tool to help you track and monitor your blood pressure. Just find the campaign code on the map for your state and sign up.
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Instructions: Measure your blood pressure twice a day—morning and late afternoon—at about the same times every day. When you measure your blood pressure, rest your arm on a table so the blood pressure cuff is at about the same height as your heart. Record your blood pressure on this sheet and show it to your doctor at every visit.
Take your BP at the same time each day in the morning and the evening. Record your BP readings daily using this log. Fill out the Notes Section with the following: Did you take your medicine? Your mood (anxious, stressed, joyful, etc.) Feelings (lightheaded, headache, , etc.)
Talk with your health care professional about how often to take your blood pressure. Take multiple readings and record the results. Each time you measure, take two readings one minute apart. Record the results using a printable (PDF) tracker. If your monitor has built-in memory to store your readings, take it with you to your medical appointments.
Use our blood pressure chart to learn what your blood pressure levels and numbers mean, including normal blood pressure and the difference between systolic and diastolic.
