Health and Wellness

What Your Blood Pressure Means:

• Your blood pressure is measured twice.
• Once, as the pressure in your vessels when the heart is pumping (called the systolic)
• the other as the pressure when your heart is at rest (called the diastolic)

The blood pressure is recorded as systolic/diastolic and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

The rule of thumb for determining an adult’s normal blood pressure is:

• Systolic – 100 mm Hg plus your age up to 150 mm Hg (minus 8 – 10 mm Hg for women).
• Diastolic – should be between 65 and 90 mm Hg.

AED Automated External Defibrillator

CPR Training

The following websites offer CPR training as well as additional training in the use of Automated External Defibrillators. For more information, visit their websites:

Related Links:

American Red Cross

American Heart Association