An annual physical examination completed by a primary care physician (PCP) is essential in the detection and diagnosis of preventable disease. Consequently, screening methods like, blood pressure monitoring can circumvent preventable death in patients that otherwise would have succumb to illnesses that could have been treated with medication, etc. As you mentioned, these screening methods include; testing the patients central nervous system for signs of irregularities. For example, the heart along with its corresponding blood pressure reading is consistently checked for irregularities that can lead to injury and or death. Subsequently, when a patient’s blood pressure is observed to be too high or too low the PCP can recommend treatment methods,
