Taking Your Blood Pressure Reading
Proceed only after reading the previous sections of this manual.
1. Rest your left elbow on a solid surface with your palm facing
upward. Elevate your hand so that the cuff is at the same
level as your heart, Fig. 1 . Relax your left hand.
2. Press the POWER button to turn the unit on. The unit will
run a self-test, Fig. 2 .
3. 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. After your selection, the last measured
reading will show, Fig. 3 , or if there is no previous
measurement, "0" will be shown Fig. 4 .
4. When the display appears as shown, Fig. 5, 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.
Fig. 1
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Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5