Question

The nurse is helping another nurse to take a blood pressure reading on a patient’s thigh. which action is correct regarding thigh pressure

Answer 1

Blood pressure measurement in the legs is achieved with an appropriate-sized cuff, applied at the mid-thigh. From there you listen to the popliteal artery.The patient should be in the prone position.The bladder of the cuff is approximately 40% of the circumference of the thigh, while the length is approximately  about 75% to 80% of this circumference.