Let us together determine our patient’s blood pressure placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope on the brachial artery, inflating the blood pressure cuff while we watch the sphygmomanometer. We are now exceeding the patient’s systolic and are slowly reducing the pressure. Our patient’s blood pressure is 100/80.

Now, that may be normal, especially in the young patient, but the blood pressure is a bit low and the pulse pressure is also a bit reduced.