Setting Your Alerts; Default Alert/Alarm Settings - Dexcom g4 User Manual

This chapter will teach you about your Dexcom G4 CGM
System's many alerts and alarms and how to customize them.
6.1

SETTING YOUR ALERTS

6.1.1

DEFAULT ALERT/ALARM SETTINGS

When you receive your Dexcom G4 CGM System the following alerts and
alarms are preset on your receiver (see table below).
What will I see What does this
on the receiver mean?
screen?
High Glucose
Alert
Your most recent
sensor glucose
reading is at or
above the high
alert setting.
Low Glucose
Alert
Your most recent
sensor glucose
reading is at or
below the low alert
setting.
Fixed Low Alarm
Your most recent
sensor glucose
reading is at or
below 3.1 mmol/L.
What How will the
is the receiver notify
default me?
setting?
On at Vibrates twice
11.1 mmol/L then vibrates/
beeps twice every
5 minutes until
confirmed or your
glucose value
drops below the
alert level.
On at Vibrates three
4.4 mmol/L times then
vibrates/beeps
three times every
5 minutes until
confirmed or your
glucose value
goes above the
alert level.
On Vibrates four
times then
vibrates/beeps
four times every
five minutes until
confirmed or your
glucose value
goes above 3.1
mmol/L.
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Will the
receiver
re-notify
me?
No, unless you
have turned
on the high
alert snooze
feature.
No, unless you
have turned
on the low
alert snooze
feature.
Yes, every
30 minutes
after each
confirmation
until your
blood glucose
value comes
back into
range.
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