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Adopting the correct posture
• Before the initial blood pressure measurement, make
sure always to rest for about 5 minutes. Otherwise
deviations can occur.
• You can take the measurement
while sitting or lying down. To take
your blood pressure, make sure
you are sitting comfortably with
your arms and back leaning on
something. Do not cross your
legs. Place your feet flat on the ground. Make sure to
support your arm and bend it. Always make sure that
the cuff is at heart level. Otherwise significant devia-
tions can occur. Relax your arm and the palm of your
hand.
• To avoid falsifying the measurement, it is important to
remain still during the measurement and not to speak.
• Wait for at least 1 minute before taking another
measurement.
Performing the blood pressure measurement
As described above, attach the cuff and adopt the pos-
ture in which you want to perform the measurement.
• Press the START/STOP button to
start the blood pressure monitor
. All displays will illuminate
briefly.
• The last measured value is dis-
played and the blood pressure
monitor automatically begins the
measurement after 3 seconds.
You can cancel the measurement at any time by
pressing the START/STOP button
As soon as a pulse is found, the pulse symbol
displayed.
• Systolic pressure, diastolic pres-
sure and pulse measurements are
displayed.
• _ appears if the measurement has not been per-
formed properly. Observe the chapter on
error messages/troubleshooting in these
instructions for use and repeat the
measurement.
• Now select the desired user memory by pressing the
memory button M. If you do not select a user memory,
the measurement is stored in the most recently used
user memory. The relevant
the display.
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