Before The Blood Pressure Measurement - Beurer BM 64 Instructions For Use Manual

Date
The year flashes:
• Press < / > to select the year
The month flashes:
• Press < / > to select the month
The day flashes:
• Press < / > to select the day
If the time format is set to the 12-hour format, the
order in which the day and month are displayed is
reversed.
Time
The hour flashes:
• Press < / > to select the hour
The minutes flash:
• Press < / > to select the minutes
®
Bluetooth
The Bluetooth ® symbol flashes on the display.
• Press < / > to select whether automatic Bluetooth
transfer is activated (
and confirm this by pressing
®
data transfers will shorten the battery life.
Bluetooth
® data
) or deactivated (
.
6.2 Before the blood pressure measure-
ment
General rules when measuring your own blood
pressure
• In order to generate an informative profile of changes in
your blood pressure that can be used for comparisons,
you should measure your blood pressure regularly and
always at the same time of day.
Measure your blood pressure twice a day: once in the
morning after getting up and once in the evening.
• Always perform the measurement when you are suffi-
ciently physically rested. Avoid taking measurements at
stressful times.
• Do not take a measurement within 30 minutes of eating,
drinking, smoking or exercising.
• Before the initial blood pressure measurement, make
sure always to rest for about 5 minutes.
• If you want to take several measurements in succession,
)
always make sure that you leave 5 minutes between
each measurement.
• Repeat the measurement if you have doubts about the
measured value.
Attaching the cuff
You can measure your blood pressure on either arm. Some
deviations between the values in the right and left arm are
perfectly normal. Always perform the measurement on the
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