Blood pressure monitor in carry-on bag
Feb 5, 2012, 8:21 am
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Blood pressure monitor in carry-on bag
We're flying from Brazil to the U.S. From what I've found so far, a small, portable, battery-operated blood pressure monitor would be permitted in carry-on bags. It's small. It goes around one's wrist. Sound OK? Thank you.
Feb 5, 2012, 10:50 am
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My wife has carried one. Nobody's ever looked.
The one thing that would be prohibited would be the old fashioned mercury-tube units. Those are categorically illegal on airplanes, period as a broken unit could endanger the airplane.
The one thing that would be prohibited would be the old fashioned mercury-tube units. Those are categorically illegal on airplanes, period as a broken unit could endanger the airplane.
Feb 5, 2012, 12:09 pm
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Thanks. I don't even remember the mercury tube kind, but suspect those would have been much bigger (and more fragile). TSA Web site says that they prefer battery-operated devices be in carry-on, vs. checked, bags for ease of monitoring.
Feb 5, 2012, 7:58 pm
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I've seen a pretty old one once. I've never seen one in use, though. The problem with them is mercury. It can do very nasty things to aluminum--the aluminum that comprises the body of the airplane.
Feb 5, 2012, 11:33 pm
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Feb 6, 2012, 2:55 am
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There is a small chance if you meet the wrong clerk that it will recently have become a prohibited item, just they haven't gotten around to updating the website yet.
Feb 7, 2012, 7:24 am
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You should have no problem. I flew with one about 6-7 months ago from Fort Lauderdale to Newark. Older TSA guy & I discussed our BP and what meds we were taking, for just about a minute or so. Young guy at Newark asked me what it was, I told him and he said ok .