Measuring Blood Pressure - Sanitas SBM 03 Instrucciones Para El Uso

5. Measuring blood pressure

Positioning cuff
• Bare your left wrist, making sure that the circula-
tion in the arm is not restricted by any clothes etc.
that are too tight. Position the cuff on the inside of
your wrist.
• Fasten the cuff with the Velcro fastening so that the
upper edge of the monitor is positioned approx. 1
cm below the ball of your thumb.
• The cuff has to be fitted tightly around the wristbut
should not constrict it.
Important: The instrument should only be operated
with the original cuff.
Correct posture
• Rest for approx. 5 minutes before
each measurement. Otherwise
there may be divergences.
• You can perform the measure-
ment either sitting or lying down.
It is essential to support your arm
and have it at an angle. Always make sure that the
cuff is level with your heart. Otherwise there may
be serious divergences. Relax your arm and the
palms of your hands.
• In order not to distort the result, it is important to
keep still during the measurement and not talk.
Measuring blood pressure
• Switch on the blood pressure monitor with the ‚ '
button.
• Before the measurement, the last saved test result
is briefly displayed. If there is no measurement in
the memory, the instrument always displays the
value ‚0'.
• The cuff is pumped up to 180 mmHg. Cuff air pres-
sure is released slowly.
If a tendency towards high blood pressure is already
detectable, the cuff is pumped up again and cuff
pressure increased further. As soon as a heart rate
is detected, the heart rate symbol
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure
are displayed.
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by
pressing the ‚ ' button.
• ‚EE' appears if it has not been possible to perform
the measurement properly. Observe the section
in these instructions on error messages/trouble-
• • • • • • • • • • • • •
shooting and repeat the measurement.
• The test result is saved automatically.
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is displayed.