Patient was educated on the errors in blood pressure readings that can be caused due to inappropriate cuff size as follows:

• An appropriate sized cuff must be placed about one inch above the bend of elbow, with no clothing on the arm that is supported and relaxed at the heart level, to get an ideal reading of blood pressure.
• When the size of your arm gets closer to the upper and lower end of the cuff’s size, there is a possibility of error on your reading, which can influence the treatment.
• A cuff that is too large for an arm, might underwork to compress the artery in your arm, thus resulting in low numbers on your blood pressure reading and consequently, result in under treatment or lower doses of medication.
• A cuff that is too small for an arm, might overwork to compress the artery in your arm, thus resulting in higher numbers on your blood pressure reading and consequently, result in overtreatment or higher doses of medication.