Blood Pressure Testing Week 2009

Know Your Numbers runs  7 – 14th September 2009

Always keen to support the national awareness week for blood pressure testing this years nationwide event will see free blood pressure checks throughout the UK.  Testing stations, run by professionally qualified volunteers will open their doors to the public to take blood pressure readings and offer advice and information about high blood pressure.

Find your nearest free blood pressure check

To find your nearest Pressure Station, enter your postcode and click ‘Find nearest’!

If you want to speak to someone about blood pressure the bpassoc operate an information line – 020 8772 4994 which is available Monday to Friday. Of course it is likely that the volume of calls will increase during a successful “know your numbers” awareness week.

Know Your Numbers -100,000,000

36 years ago in 1973 Omron Healthcare manufactured and began selling blood pressure monitors – by the end of August 2009 they passed a significant milestone – 100 models sold in 100 countries totalling 100 million blood pressure monitors sold enabling people around the world to keep track of their blood pressure measurements. The latest range of Omron monitors include climate change beating solar powered machines and machines that directly link into diagnostic laptop computers. which relay information to health care professionals.

Know Your Numbers -  100 days

One hundred days until the climate change meeting in Copenhagen

Conveniently coinciding with the 10:10 campaign in which participants vow to reduce their  CO2 emissions byy 10% in 20010 the Copenhagen climate change pow wow is a hundred days away and environmental groups are preparing for this by supporting the 10 10 cliamte change effort

The British Hypertension Society (BHS) maintains an up-to-date list of clinically validated monitors, which we have reproduced below.

A and D Instruments monitors (Small, Standard and Large cuffs available to buy)

•    A and D Instruments UA-704
•    A and D Instruments UA-705
•    A and D Instruments UA-767
•    A and D Instruments UA-779
•    A and D Instruments UA-787
•    A and D Instruments UA-767 Plus
•    A and D Instruments UA-767 Plus Memory
•    A and D Instruments UA-774
•    A and D Instruments UA-767PC
•    A and D Instruments UA-767V
•    A and D Instruments UA-767P-BT

Microlife monitors (Standard  and Large cuffs available to buy)

•    Microlife 3AG1
•    Microlife – As easy as 123
•    Microlife BP 3BTO-A
•    Microlife BP A100
•    Microlife 3BTO-A (2) with two different sized cuffs provided that can also be used during pregnancy
• Microlife BP 3AC1-1
•    Microlife BP A100 Plus
•    Microlife BP 3AC1-1PC
•    Microlife WatchBP – details awaited

Omron monitors (Small, Standard and Large upper arm cuffs available to buy. Wrist monitor cuffs fit wrists 13.5-21.5cm)

•    Omron M1 Plus
•    Omron M2 Compact
•    Omron MX2 Basic
•    Omron MX3 Plus
•    Omron M4-I
•    Omron M6
•    Omron M6 Comfort
•    Omron M7
•    Omron M10-IT
•    Omron R6 (Wrist monitor)
•    Omron R7 (Wrist monitor)
•    Omron 705CP-II
•    Omron 637-IT (Wrist monitor)
•    Omron 705IT

more monitors…