A blood pressure cuff bladder should be long enough to:
a. cover 20% to 25% of the arm circumfe-rence.
b. cover 45% to 50% of the arm circumfe-rence.
c. cover 75% to 80% of the arm circumfe-rence.
d. completely encircle the arm.
C
The length of the cuff bladder should be twice its width, or about 75% to 80% of the limb cir-cumference.
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