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Module 3 3.1: Introduction to Cardiology
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Module 3 
3.1: Introduction to Cardiology 
Taking a Blood Pressure 
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted against the walls of blood vessels as blood circulates through the body. Blood 
pressure is measured using an instrument called a sphygmomanometer, perhaps more commonly known as the blood 
pressure cuff. The pressures associated are measured in units of millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg). The health care 
provider inflates a blood pressure cuff in order to cut off the blood flow from the br...
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