Customizing Your Alerts Overview - Dexcom G6 User Manual

Receiver
10.5 Customizing Your Alerts
The receiver and app come with default glucose level alert settings, but perhaps they don't reflect the glucose level that works best for you.
Perhaps you're in a meeting and can only confirm an alert, yet want to make sure your alert repeats, or continues, until you're able to take
corrective measures. Or maybe you'd like to get a Rise/Fall Alert, but they're off by default. How do you turn them on?
Earlier, you learned confirming an alert stops it from repeating unless you go back into your target range and then re-enter the alert range.
But what if you stay in your alert range for a long time? If you want to continue to be re-alerted until your glucose levels are back in your
target range, turn on the Repeat option in the alert. The default for repeat is off.
Use Repeat with the High Alert to remind you to check your reading later. This is your tool for watching and waiting — and avoiding insulin
stacking -— when your reading is high.
Before changing your alert levels, talk with your HCP.
Changes you make to alerts in your app aren't reflected in your receiver and vice versa. If you want the alerts to be the same, you need to
make changes to both devices.
Changing alert options differs between the app and receiver. First, let's take a look at personalizing your app, then we'll review the same
process for the receiver.
In the following example, we'll change your High Alert to 190 mg/dL with a repeat of 2 hours — long enough for your insulin to work. That
way, if you get a High Alert, you can confirm it and give yourself insulin. In 2 hours, if you never get back into your target zone, your High
Alert repeats to let you know you're still high and might want to take more insulin. On the other hand, if the 2 hours pass and you're back in
your target range, your High Alert won't repeat. We'll also change your sound to Door Bell in the app and Normal in the receiver.
App: Customizing Alerts
App: Customize Alerts
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