Mount Sinai · For First Responders

Know your numbers.
Protect your heart.

The Hypertension Prevention Program helps first responders keep track of their blood pressure — with a Bluetooth cuff, an app that records every reading, and a nurse coach when your numbers need attention.

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Scan to download Point your phone camera at the code — it opens the right store for your device.

About the program

Built for the people who take care of everyone else

The Hypertension Prevention Program for First Responders is a Mount Sinai initiative, developed with Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, that helps firefighters, EMS and other first responders catch high blood pressure early — before it becomes a heart attack, a stroke, or a line-of-duty disability.

High blood pressure is one of the most common health risks in the fire and EMS services, and it usually has no symptoms at all. The only way to know where you stand is to measure it. This program makes that easy: you get a Bluetooth blood pressure cuff, an app that records every reading automatically, and a nurse coach who reaches out if your numbers suggest you need follow-up.

Enrollment runs through your union, which verifies your membership. The program is open to members and their families, and your health information is encrypted and handled under HIPAA — it is never shared with your employer.

A cuff, shipped to you

Request a Bluetooth blood pressure monitor in the app and we mail it out to you.

A nurse coach in your corner

If a reading looks concerning, a Mount Sinai nurse coach follows up with a call.

Private and HIPAA-secure

Readings are encrypted and stored under HIPAA safeguards — not shared with your department.

Through your union

Your union verifies your membership. The program is open to members and their families.

Getting started

Five steps from download to your first reading

Most members are up and running within a week — the only wait is union approval.

Download & register

Download the app, create your account, and complete your personal information.

Wait for union approval

Your union reviews and approves your membership — usually a couple of days. Nothing for you to do.

Request your BP cuff

Once approved, request your Bluetooth blood pressure cuff in the app. It ships directly to you.

Pair your cuff

Follow the prompts in the app to connect the cuff over Bluetooth. It takes about a minute.

Take a reading

Wrap the cuff, press START, and your reading syncs to the app automatically.

Inside the app

A look at what you’ll be using

Real screens from the HTN Prevention Program app, available on iPhone and Android.

App sign-in screen — Sign in
Phone or email — we text you a code.

Home screen with this week's average blood pressure and a reading streak — Home
Your weekly average at a glance.

Measure screen with a large START MEASUREMENT button and recent readings — Measure
One tap to start a reading.

Measurement in progress screen reading Stay Still and Calm — While it reads
Guided so you get an accurate number.

Reading Saved screen showing 110 over 71 mmHg categorized as Normal, with a note field — Reading saved
Categorized instantly, with room for a note.

History list showing 13 readings with averages of 105 over 67 — History
Every reading, with running averages.

History chart plotting systolic, diastolic and heart rate over 30 days — Trends
See the direction you’re heading.

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don’t

Set alerts

Reminders to take your readings, on the days and times you choose.

Add notes

Add context like stress, exercise, medication, or how you’re feeling.

View trends

See progress over time with easy-to-read charts and graphs.

View history

Your full reading history, and a report you can share with your doctor.

Manage your cuff

Track cuff status, battery, and connection — and re-pair in a tap.

Step by step

How to take a reading

Under two minutes, start to finish.

The app guiding a measurement with the message Stay Still and Calm

Relax

Sit comfortably with your back supported.

Position the cuff

Place the cuff on your upper arm at heart level.

Press START in the app

Tap the green START button on the Measure screen.

Press START on the cuff

The cuff inflates and takes the reading.

View your result

Your reading syncs to the app automatically and is categorized for you.

Know your numbers

What your reading actually means

Every reading is sorted into a category the moment it syncs, and the app tells you in plain language what that category means. These are the same levels the American Heart Association uses.

Low

Below 90 or below 60

Your blood pressure is low. Contact your provider, especially if you feel dizzy or faint.

Normal

Less than 120 and less than 80

Great — keep up the healthy habits.

Elevated

120–129 and less than 80

Good, but watch your diet and exercise.

Stage 1

130–139 or 80–89

Monitor regularly and consider lifestyle changes.

Stage 2

140 or higher or 90 or higher

Consult your healthcare provider soon.

Crisis

Higher than 180 and/or higher than 120

Contact your provider immediately. If you also have chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, numbness, or trouble speaking or seeing, call 911.

The app's history screen showing a reading in each category with a plain-language explanation — Your history in the app — tap any reading to see its category and what it means.

Systolic is the top number, diastolic the bottom, both in mm Hg. Normal through crisis follow the American Heart Association’s blood pressure categories — see heart.org/bplevels. The app also flags unusually low readings. One high reading is not a diagnosis; what matters is the pattern over time, which is why the program asks you to measure regularly.

Wraparound support

Support for everything around the numbers

A blood pressure reading only tells part of the story. When you join, the app asks a short set of questions about your daily habits and your health history — so the guidance you get back is built around your life and your job, not a generic handout.

Nutrition & diet

How often you eat fruits, vegetables, and the salty or processed food that drives pressure up.

Physical activity

How many days a week you move, and for how long each session.

Stress

The pressure that comes with the job, and how it shows up day to day.

Sleep

How much rest you actually get around shifts, overtime and night tours.

History & medications

Prior high readings, blood pressure medication you already take, and smoking history.

What we ask when you register

Registration is four short steps. Your union verifies your membership; everything else stays between you and your Mount Sinai care team.

Personal information step — Personal details
Name, date of birth and the basics we need to set up your account.

Contact Information registration step asking for email, phone number and the mailing address the cuff ships to — Contact & shipping
Where your blood pressure cuff gets mailed.

Work Information registration step asking for union, work status and rank — Work information
Union, active or retired, and rank.

Health information step asking for height, weight, chronic conditions, blood pressure history, medication and smoking status — Health information
Height, weight, history, medications, smoking.

The lifestyle questionnaire

A few minutes on your habits and how you’re doing. You can update your answers any time from your profile.

Lifestyle questionnaire, exercise — Exercise
Where it starts — days a week you move, and for how long.

Diet questions — Diet
Fruit, vegetables, fast food, soda, alcohol and salt.

Stress, sleep and mood questions — Stress, sleep & mood
Stress, loneliness, sleep quality and a PHQ-2 check.

Your answers go to your Mount Sinai nurse coach — never to your department. If your readings or your answers suggest you need follow-up, they reach out and help you take the next step.

Get the app

Ready when you are

Available on iPhone and Android. Sign in with the email address your union has on file.

QR code that opens the app download page

Scan with your phone camera

Download the HTN Prevention Program app

Or search “HTN Prevention Program” in the App Store or Google Play.

App Store Google Play

Already downloaded it? Open the app and sign in — we’ll text or email you a one-time code. There’s no password to remember.

Questions?