1.Introduction
The standard of care in emergency departments is to obtain
a bloodpressure(BP) during the triage of an injured or ill
pediatric patients.Obtaining a BP in pediatric patients,
particularly in children under the age of 5 years,is often
difficult.Moro-Sutherland [1]notes that“an accurate BP
measurement can be difficult to obtain in a young,active,
or crying child;can be time-consuming;and requires the use
of a properly sized cuff.”This process can be a discomforting
or even traumatizing experience.Studies have shown that BP
acquisition in the pediatric emergency population is in consistent and variable[2–4].