What does the column of numbers, after the BP number, signify?
Pulse. I have to monitor my pulse because the medications I take can cause bradycardia (less than 60 beats per minute.) If it gets too slow I have to call the doctor.
What good that would do me I have no idea.
If I had to decide what to do with a patient in the hospital, I’d hold the medication (because I can’t adjust dosages.) I think I would probably just decrease my dose on myself because to quote Cartman “I can do what I want!”