Blood pressure monitoring apparatus and method

摘要

An apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure of a living subject, including: a first judging device for judging whether a physical parameter which is obtained from the subject and which changes in relation with the blood pressure of the subject falls within a first reference range; an alarm device which outputs an alarm when the first judging device makes a first negative judgment that the physical parameter does not fall within the first reference range; a second judging device for judging whether the physical parameter falls within a second reference range which is contained in the first reference range; and a blood-pressure measuring device which includes a pressing band adapted to press a portion of the subject, and which automatically measures, using the pressing band, a blood pressure of the subject when the second judging device makes a second negative judgment that the physical parameter does not fall within the second reference range.