You observe your partner correctly obtaining a patient's blood pressure when he:
A) inflates the cuff maximally prior to slowly deflating and listening for a pulse.
B) deflates the cuff 2 mmHg per second while listening with a stethoscope.
C) stops inflation and starts deflation as soon as the radial pulse disappears.
D) places the stethoscope under the cuff and deflates it.
B
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