Evaluating Results - Beurer BC 18 Gebrauchsanleitung

the cuff is level with your heart. Otherwise there may
be serious divergences. Relax your arm and the palms
of your hands.
• In order not to distort the result, it is important to
keep still during the measurement and not talk.
Measuring blood pressure
• Switch on the blood pressure monitor with the
START/STOP button.
• Using the buttons t ‚Down' and ▲ ‚Up', select the
user memory 1, 2 or 3.On successful measurement,
results are automatically stored in the selected user
memory. You can also use the different user memo-
ries to save measurement results separately, e.g. in
the morning, afternoon and evening.
• Start the measurement process by pressing START/
STOP button. The cuff is pumped up to 195 mmHg.
Cuff air pressure is released slowly. If a tendency to-
wards 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 is displayed.
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure are
displayed.
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by pres-
sing the ‚START/STOP' button.
• The ‚ ' icon appears if it has not been possible
to perform the measurement properly. Observe the
section in these instructions on error messages/trou-
bleshooting and repeat the measurement.

Evaluating results

Cardiac arrhythmia:
This instrument can identify possible heart rhythm
disturbance during measurement and if necessary indi-
cates the measurement with the icon
This may be an indicator for arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is
a condition where the heart rhythm is abnormal as a
result of defects in the bioelectrical system controlling
the heart beat. The symptoms (omitted or premature
heart beats, slow or excessively fast heart rate) may
be caused, among other things, by heart disease, age,
physical predisposition, excessive use of stimulants,
stress or lack of sleep. Arrhythmia can only be ascer-
tained through examination by your doctor.
Repeat the measurement if the icon
ter the measurement. Please note that you should rest
for 5 minutes between measurements and not talk or
move during the measurement. If the icon
often, please contact your doctor. Any self-diagnosis
and treatment based on the test results may be dan-
gerous. It is vital to follow your doctor's instructions.
Doctor's Function:
After a successful measurement, the instrument first
shows the test result. The set limit values are compared
with the test result and shown as follows:
• systolic value within and below the limit value: value
appears
• diastoli value within and below the limit value: ‚value
appears
• systolic value above the limit value: value flashes
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