Sanitas SBM 37 Instructions For Use Manual page 24

Adopting the correct posture
• Before every measurement, relax for about five minutes.
Otherwise deviations can occur.
• You can take the measurement while sitting or lying down.
Always make sure that the cuff is at heart level.
• To carry out a blood pressure measurement, 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.
• To avoid falsifying the measurement, it is important to remain
still during the measurement and not to speak.
Performing the blood pressure measurement
As described above, attach the cuff and adopt the po-
sture in which you want to perform the measurement.
• Press the START/STOP button
the blood pressure monitor.
All display elements are briefly displayed.
The blood pressure monitor will begin the
measurement automatically after 3 se-
conds.
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.
• The systolic pressure, diastolic pressure
and pulse rate measurements are displa-
yed.
• appears if the measurement could not
be performed properly (see chapter 9 "Er-
ror messages/troubleshooting"). Repeat
the measurement.
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