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FlatHead
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- Dec 14, 2020
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I happen to own a blood pressure cuff, one of the ones that you wrap around your arm and it inflates and temporarily cuts off blood flow. I was thinking I could just wrap it around my neck and have it squeeze the carotid arteries, allowing a method of CTB in line with the night night method. My cuff doesn't quite fit around my neck, but that's actually a good thing-with some extra velcro strips, I can get it around, and now there's no pinching on my trachea, and therefore no air hunger.
The problem is, this cuff, the little machine it's attached to, is programmed to only inflate for a brief period of time, and then automatically deflate. It gets to the point where it cuts off blood flow, but once it gets there it only stays there for seconds before deflating. I need longer than that.
My question is: does anyone know how these blood pressure cuffs deflate? My initial thought was that the little tube that connects the cuff to the machine would be where it deflates through, but pinching it off didn't stop it from deflating. There must be some kind of opening (or openings) somewhere that the air escapes through to deflate. All I would have to do is block them off and this would be a very easy method of CTB. Can anyone help me out here?
The problem is, this cuff, the little machine it's attached to, is programmed to only inflate for a brief period of time, and then automatically deflate. It gets to the point where it cuts off blood flow, but once it gets there it only stays there for seconds before deflating. I need longer than that.
My question is: does anyone know how these blood pressure cuffs deflate? My initial thought was that the little tube that connects the cuff to the machine would be where it deflates through, but pinching it off didn't stop it from deflating. There must be some kind of opening (or openings) somewhere that the air escapes through to deflate. All I would have to do is block them off and this would be a very easy method of CTB. Can anyone help me out here?