Starting And Stopping Measurements; Enabling Automatic Mode And Setting Repetition Time - Philips Avalon FM20 Instructions For Use Manual

17 Monitoring Noninvasive Blood Pressure
The NBP timestamp will normally show the completion time of the NBP measurement. Only under
the following conditions the timestamp shows the beginning of the measurement:
• when in
• the monitor is configured to synchronize the measurements in a measurement series to an "easy-
to-document" time. For example, if you start the first measurement at 08:23, and the
is set to 10 minutes, the monitor automatically performs the next measurement at 8:30, then 8:40
and so on.
During Measurements
The cuff pressure is displayed instead of the units and the repeat time. An early systolic value gives you
a preliminary indication of the systolic blood pressure during measurement.

Starting and Stopping Measurements

Use the Setup menu or the SmartKeys to start and stop measurements.
Action to be performed
Start/Stop manual measurement
Start Auto series
Stop current automatic measurement
Start manual measurement
Start Auto series
Stop manual measurement
Stop current automatic measurement
Stop automatic, or manual measurement AND series
Enabling Automatic Mode and Setting Repetition
Time
In the
1
2 Toggle between
If making an automatic measurement, select
3
146
Auto Sequence
or mode, and
Setup NBP Mode
menu, select
Auto Manual
and
and set the time interval between two measurements.
Setup menu
Start/Stop
-
-
Stop All NBP
.
, if necessary, to pick the measurement method.
Repeat Time
or press the
Repeat Time
SmartKeys
Start/ Stop
Start
Stop
Stop All
Repeat Time
SmartKey