Taking Your Blood Pressure Reading
Proceed only after reading the previous sections of this manual.
Elevate your hand so that the cuff is at the same level as your
1. Rest your elbow on a solid surface with your palm facing upward.
heart, Fig. 1. Relax your left hand.
2. Press the POWER button to turn the unit on and select the
memory bank you want your reading to be stored in by pressing
the MEMORY button to alternate between, memory bank 1 or 2.
Press the POWER button to confirm your selection.
3. This unit will run a self-test, Fig. 2, and show the last measured
reading, Fig. 3, or if there is no previous measurement, "0" as
shown in Fig. 4.
4. When the display appears as shown, Fig. 5, the monitor is ready.
The cuff will automatically begin to inflate.
5. The display will show the increasing pressure in the cuff. Along
with the measurement progress on the left side of the screen.
6. The cuff will automatically inflate to approximately 190 mmHg or
40 mmHg higher than the last systolic pressure stored in memory.
7. Once the cuff inflates to the appropriate pressure level, the
measurement will begin.
Fig. 1
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Taking Your Blood Pressure Reading
8. The unit will begin to automatically delfate and the numbers
appearing on the display will decrease.
9. When all the air is deflated, the measurement is complete. The
measurements and pulse rate, Fig. 6.
unit will display your blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)
10. Record you readings on a chart.
11. At this point, your measurements will be automatically saved in
Fig. 2
memory.
12. To conserve the batteries, press the POWER button to turn the
power off. Otherwise, the unit will automatically shut off after
approximately 1 minute.
NOTE: This monitor inflates the cuff to approximately 190 mmHg or 40
mmHg higher than the last systolic pressure stored in memory. If the
Fig. 3
system detects that the cuff needs additional pressure, it will
automatically reinflate to approximately 40mmHg higher than the last
pressure level.
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
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