Measuring Blood Pressure - Beurer medical BC 85 Instrucciones De Uso

5. Measuring blood pressure

Attaching the cuff
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• Expose your left wrist. Ensure that the circulation of the arm
is not hindered by tight clothing or similar.
Place the cuff on the inside of your wrist.
• Close the cuff with the hook-and-loop fastener such that
the upper edge of the device is positioned approx. 1 cm
underneath the heel of the hand.
• The cuff must be fitted tightly around the wrist, but must not
constrict.
Adopt the correct posture
• Before every measurement, relax for about five minutes.
Otherwise deviations can occur.
• You can take the measure-
ment while sitting or lying.
To take your blood pressure,
make sure you are sitting
comfortably with your arms
and back leaning on some-
thing. Do not cross your legs.
Place your feet flat on the ground. Make sure to rest your
arm and move it. Always make sure that the cuff is at heart
level. Otherwise significant deviations can occur. Relax
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your arm and the palm of your hand. An O.K. symbol bar is
integrated into the device to additionally assist you. It sig-
nals the correct position of the blood pressure monitor. You
are in the right position if you can see O.K. on the display.
• To avoid falsifying the measurement, it is important to re-
main still during the measurement and not to speak.
Performing the blood pressure measurement
As described above, attach the cuff and adopt the posture in
which you want to perform the measurement.
• Press the START/STOP button
start the blood pressure monitor. All
displays will illuminate briefly.
The blood pressure monitor will begin the
measurement automatically after 3 sec-
onds.
The measurement is taken during the inflation phase.
You can cancel the measurement at any time by pressing
the START/STOP button
As soon as a pulse is found, the pulse symbol
• The systolic pressure, diastolic pressure
and pulse rate measurements are
displayed.
• E_ appears if the measurement could not be performed
properly. Observe the chapter on error messag-
es/troubleshooting in these instructions for use
and repeat the measurement.
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is displayed.