Sanitas SBM 50 Instructions For Use Manual page 24

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Correct posture
• Rest for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement.
Otherwise there may be divergences.
• You can perform the measurement either sitting or lying
down. Always make sure that the cuff is on a level with
your heart.
• To carry out a blood pressure measurement, make sure
you are sitting comfortably with your arms and back lean-
ing on something. Do not cross your legs. Place your feet
flat on the ground.
• In order not to distort the result, it is important to keep still
during the measurement and not talk.
Measuring blood pressure
• Move the touch screen activation switch to the ON posi-
tion.
• Put on the cuff as described previously and assume the
position in which you want to carry out the measurement.
• Switch on the blood pressure monitor with the START/
STOP button. After the full-screen display, the most re-
cently used user memory appears (
the user memory, press the MEM button and confirm
your selection with the START/STOP button. If no button
is pressed, the most recently used user memory is auto-
matically used after 5 seconds.
• Before the measurement, the last saved test result is
briefly displayed. If there is no measurement in the memo-
ry, the instrument always displays the value .
• The cuff automatically inflates. Cuff air pressure is re-
leased slowly. If a tendency towards high blood pressure
is already detectable, the cuff is pumped up again and
cuff pressure increased further. As soon as a heart rate is
detected, the heart rate symbol
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure are dis-
played.
• You can cancel the measurement at any time by pressing
the START/STOP button or by pushing the touch screen
activation button to OFF.
• _ appears if it has not been possible to perform the
measurement properly. Observe the section in these in-
structions on error messages/troubleshooting and repeat
the measurement.
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