Measuring Your Blood Pressure; Memory Recall - Beurer BM 20 Gebrauchsanleitung

7. correct measurement position
You can perform the measurement either sitting or lying down.
Always make sure that the cuff is on a level with your heart. To avoid distorting
the measurement, it is important that you remain calm during measurement
and do not speak.

8. Measuring your blood pressure

• Put on the cuff as described above and take up the position in which you
wish to perform the measurement.
• Switch on the device with the Start/Stop button.
• A self-test runs, during which all display elements are illuminated briefly, and
then measurement starts. While the cuff is being pumped up, the symbol
is displayed. Pressure is increased to 180 mmHg. If this pressure is not suf-
ficient, the device automatically pumps another 30 mmHg (fuzzy logic).
• When the pressure in the cuff is slowly released and the pulse is recorded,
the symbol
• Once measurement has ended, residual air pressure is released very quickly
and the symbol
played.
• Now press memory keys M1 or M2 to select the required user memory. If
you do not select any user memory, the measurement result is assigned for
storage in the user memory which was last used. The symbol 'M1' or 'M2'
appears accord ingly in the display.
• Switch off the blood pressure monitor with the Start/Stop button. The
measurement result is then saved to the selected user memory. If you forget
to switch off the device, it switches off automatically after approx. 3 minu-
tes. Even then, the result is still saved to the selected user memory.
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by pressing the ‚Start/Stop'
button.
Wait at least 5 minutes before any new measurement!

9. Memory recall

You can recall stored results from the two user memories and display averages.
• Press memory buttons M1 or M2. First the average is displayed of all the
results held in this user memory. This is indicated by reading 'A'.
appears.
appears. Pulse, systolic and diastolic pressures are dis-
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