Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 ive recently bought the same one - omron M2 basic primarily due to having trigger finger which made it impossible to squeeze the rubber pump on a mercury sphyg - I was a bit reluctant as I had had another model years before to take to my clinic but found it rather variable and unreliable. I have to say Ive not found any problems with this model. Psychologically I miss not using a mercury sphyg as it always seemed more " in touch " with what is happening as you take it and also I felt created a more intimate relationship with the person whose life blood you were listening to! a for taking pressures above 220 systolic my handbook says you hold the start button until the arm cuff inflates 30- 40 mmHg above the suspected systolic.you then release the start button and it will then start to deflate and begin the measurement.hope that helps annette Re: sphyg I'll put my experience into the melting pot - my very basic aneroid sphyg (no makers name on it) that I bought as a student has a tendency to stick (not let the air out smoothly and hence make it impossible to get proper reading) - not often but always at awkward moments. I took it to a local medical instruments company and they couldn't find anything wrong with it and when I asked if they could calibrate it, looked at me like I was from Mars! So I bought an electronic one - Omron M2 compact about 2 years ago and find it works very well in most circumstances with one big BUT - if the underlying BP is >170/100 (approx) it just comes up with " Err " as result. The manual says for higher blood pressures you have to have an estimate of what they are before starting - but doesn't tell you how to enter such an estimate even if you knew one. As I do have a couple of clients whose BP can exceed systolic 170 on occasion I find I need to have my old manual one there as a standby - rather annoying to say the least. I would love to hear what others use too. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I also have an Omron and have no problems at all with it. It's the second one I've had. Also, no probs with systolics over 200. Helen ________________________________ To: ukherbal-list Sent: Monday, 7 March, 2011 14:53:11 Subject: Re: Re: sphyg  ive recently bought the same one - omron M2 basic primarily due to having trigger finger which made it impossible to squeeze the rubber pump on a mercury sphyg - I was a bit reluctant as I had had another model years before to take to my clinic but found it rather variable and unreliable. I have to say Ive not found any problems with this model. Psychologically I miss not using a mercury sphyg as it always seemed more " in touch " with what is happening as you take it and also I felt created a more intimate relationship with the person whose life blood you were listening to! a for taking pressures above 220 systolic my handbook says you hold the start button until the arm cuff inflates 30- 40 mmHg above the suspected systolic.you then release the start button and it will then start to deflate and begin the measurement.hope that helps annette Re: sphyg I'll put my experience into the melting pot - my very basic aneroid sphyg (no makers name on it) that I bought as a student has a tendency to stick (not let the air out smoothly and hence make it impossible to get proper reading) - not often but always at awkward moments. I took it to a local medical instruments company and they couldn't find anything wrong with it and when I asked if they could calibrate it, looked at me like I was from Mars! So I bought an electronic one - Omron M2 compact about 2 years ago and find it works very well in most circumstances with one big BUT - if the underlying BP is >170/100 (approx) it just comes up with " Err " as result. The manual says for higher blood pressures you have to have an estimate of what they are before starting - but doesn't tell you how to enter such an estimate even if you knew one. As I do have a couple of clients whose BP can exceed systolic 170 on occasion I find I need to have my old manual one there as a standby - rather annoying to say the least. I would love to hear what others use too. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 please can I thank everyone for their input regarding sphygs. I have been offered a second hand mercury one which I am going to buy to use for calibration and/or for certain patients, but I will buy an Omron basic to carry around and use mainly. Thank you again Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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