get their pressure up on launch as does shouting at your husband, sex and running a marathon
Love to know which order I have to do them in.
Radgirl is spot on.
The job of the AME is to try and negate the risk of you suddenly dropping from the sky, so it's likely he's working to slightly different parameters than the GP/Primary Care Team, who are trying to manage your risk over a lifetime.
Those in aviation, for very good reasons, like working with absolute figures, it's not always that simple in health care.
If you are worried about a "one off" bp reading, it's worth getting your physician to strap you up to a 24hr machine.
Mine revealed that I had a raised blood pressure for three x five minute periods during the 24 lour period, once when I walked into the front door of the docs, once when I walked into his surgery, and once during coitus. (Okay, one was only for a three minute period.) The rest of the time, I was as boring as the general population.
The algorithms that recommend management are on the NICE website.