Blood Pressure Classification

[Intro] First set of vitals you take on your own Two numbers come back and now it's your read This is the chart that decides what they mean [Verse 1] Normal is under one twenty over eighty Both of them under, not just one of them Elevated runs one twenty to one twenty-nine But diastolic still has to stay under eighty Hit eighty diastolic and you skipped a category You're not elevated anymore, you're stage one [Pre-Chorus] Normal takes and, both numbers have to be low Hypertension takes or, either one does it One thirty over eighty is where it starts That's the line the guideline draws [Chorus] Under one twenty over eighty is normal One twenty to one twenty-nine, elevated One thirty over eighty, stage one One forty over ninety, stage two Two stages, that's all there is Hypertension starts at one thirty [Verse 2] Treatment goal is under one thirty over eighty Same number that makes the diagnosis Diagnose and target land on the same line That's not how a lot of older charts read PREVENT runs the ten-year risk now Replaced the Pooled Cohort Equations [Bridge] Anything at or above one eighty over one twenty That's a hypertensive crisis, not a stage Organ damage makes it an emergency No damage and it's urgency, but it still moves [Chorus] Under one twenty over eighty is normal One twenty to one twenty-nine, elevated One thirty over eighty, stage one One forty over ninety, stage two Two stages, that's all there is Hypertension starts at one thirty [Outro] Normal needs and, hypertension needs or Elevated only holds if diastolic stays under eighty One thirty over eighty diagnoses and targets Two stages, one line, that's the chart [End]