What You Should Know About Blood Pressure; Systolic And Diastolic Blood Pressure Values; Why You Measure Different Values; Why You Should Measure Blood Pressure Regularly - Visomat Handy Gebrauchsanweisung

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What you should know about blood pressure

1. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure values

The cardiovascular system has the important function of supplying all
organs and tissues in the body with sufficient amounts of blood and of
transporting metabolites. To do so, the heart contracts and expands
at a regular rate of about 60 to 80 times per minute. The pressure of
the flowing blood on the artery walls caused by the heart contracting
is termed systolic. The pressure in the ensuing relaxation phase, when
the heart refills with blood, is termed diastolic. During daily measure-
ment you determine both values.

2. Why you measure different values

Our blood pressure responds to internal and external influences like
a sensitive measuring instrument. Affected by mental, physical and
environmental influences, it varies all the time and never remains con-
stant. Reasons for fluctuating blood pressure values can be: moving,
speaking, eating, consuming alcohol or nicotine, nervousness, inner
tension, emotions, room temperature, recent urination or bowel move-
ments, environmental influences such as movements and sounds, etc.
Even changes in the weather and climate can have an effect on your
blood pressure.
This explains why values measured at the doctor are often higher than
those you obtain at home in your usual environment.

3. Why you should measure blood pressure regularly

Even the time of day has an effect on your blood pressure. The values
are at their highest during the day. In the course of the afternoon and
in the evening, they drop slightly. They are low while you are sleeping,
but rise again relatively quickly once you get up.
One-off and irregular measurements therefore say little about your
actual blood pressure. A reliable assessment is possible only when
measurements are taken regularly. Discuss the measurement values
with your doctor.
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Technical information

1. Error messages

Failure encoun- Possible cause
tered
Display Er 1 Sensor error or faulty
pressure pump
Display Er 2 Device could not
detect a pulse.
Display Er 3 Abnormal measured
values (systole ≤ 45
mmHg, diastole ≤ 24
mmHg)
Display Er 4 Talking or moving as
the measurement is
being taken.
Display Er 5 Pulse measurement
over 200
Display Er 6 Pulse measurement
under 40
No display after Batteries inserted
unit is switched on incorrectly.
Batteries flat.
EE or unusual The cuff is not cor-
measurement rectly attached.
results displayed

2. Customer service

Device repairs may only be performed by the manufacturer or an ex-
pressly authorised body. Please contact:
UEBE Medical GmbH
Bürgermeister-Kuhn-Straße 22
97900 Külsheim, Germany
info@uebe.com
www.uebe.com
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Corrective action
If the fault occurs several times,
contact the customer service
centre.
Repeat the measurement. If the
fault occurs several times, con-
tact the customer service centre.
Repeat the measurement. If the
fault occurs several times, con-
tact the customer service centre.
Repeat the measurement. Do not
move. Do not speak.
Repeat the measurement. If the
fault occurs several times, con-
tact the customer service centre.
Repeat the measurement. Do not
move. Do not speak.
Check position of batteries.
Change batteries.
Fasten the cuff correctly and
repeat the measurement.
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