The invention provides a hematomanometer and a blood pressure measurement method. The hematomanometer comprises a sleeve, a soft belt and an air bag driving device, one end of the soft belt is fixed to the sleeve, and the other end of the soft belt is connected with the air bag driving device; the air bag driving device is provided with a normally-open solenoid valve used for controlling an air bag to be inflated and deflated. According to the hematomanometer, one end of the soft belt is fixed to the sleeve, the other end of the soft belt is fixed to the air bag driving device, and the soft belt is driven by the air bag driving device, so that the sleeve contracts to achieve the automatic measurement of blood pressure, the hematomanometer is convenient to use, when power is lost suddenly, the normally-open solenoid valve on the air bag driving device is automatically opened under the power failure condition, so that the air bag on the air bag driving device is automatically deflated, the force applied by the air bag driving device on the soft belt is declined sharply, the soft belt is in a free state, the radial pressure on the sleeve is removed, consequently, the sleeve is restored into an original shape, the arm, in the sleeve, of a measured person is released, and the use safety of the hematomanometer is improved.