Hello Gents, I have a question and after many hours of searching I've come to you for help. I'm in 20th SFG in Louisville and today I took my Airborne physical and was disqualified for having high BP the readings were as followed 139/100, 138/99, 135/88 with a EKG heart rate of 59 BPM. Now here is my question is the physical a one time deal or can I take it again and if so how many time's? the reason I ask is because I've never had high blood pressure, heck It was only three weeks ago that I took a physical for the police department and my BP was 124/80. Also can I take it again?
Yes you can take it again. I'm sure you can reschedule it once if you fail it.
After that I'm not sure. I think you can go a third time but I don't know if there is a waiting period or not. Just remember from past posts (which is scary) you can schedule it a second time fairly soon if you fail the first time for something like BP. You might have better luck in the Medics Forum. They are smarter in there.
Oh BTW, my entirely non-medical opinion on those BP results.
1. Your PD BP results are marginal. My BP is 115/70 and I am 46. So you have some exercise work to do there or some deal with hypertension going on. Being a LEO I suspect it would be hypertension from work stress.
2. Your MEPS BP readings are just ridiculous. Did they take those readings after the stress EKG? The reason I ask is because they are declining like your recouperating from recent exercise or stress. Your BP is supposed to be a at rest measure....I thought.
Again, not a Doctor just asking out of curiousity. Might want to try a repost in the Medics Forum if nobody responds here after a bit.
