TAKING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
5.Press the START button. All of the display segments are displayed. Zero (0) is displayed blinking briefly. The display changes, as indicated in the figure at the right, as the measurement begins. The cuff starts to inflate. It is normal for the cuff to feel very tight. A pressure bar indicator is displayed, on the left edge of the display, during the inflation.
Note: If you wish to stop inflation at any time, press the START button again.
6.When inflation is complete, deflation starts automatically and 
blinks, indicating that the measurement is in progress. Once the pulse is detected, the mark blinks with each pulse beat.
Press START
All of the display segments displayed
Zero display
Starts inflation
Pressurizing
Note: If an appropriate pressure is not obtained, the device starts to inflate again automatically. To avoid
7.When the measurement is complete, the systolic and diastolic pressure readings and pulse rate are displayed. The device announces the measurement results. The cuff exhausts the remaining air and deflates completely.
8.Press the START button to turn the device off. After one minute of
Measurement in progress
Systolic pressure
Diastolic pressure
Pressure Rating Indicator
Pulse rate
Exhausts remaining
air automatically
9.The reading is then stored into memory. See page
10.Remove cuff and make a note of blood pressure and pulse rate on the chart in the back of this manual, indicating date and time of measurement. Additional logbook charts can be downloaded and printed for free at www.andmedical.com or in Canada at www.autocontrol.com. We advise that you record the date and time after each measurement becaue an accurate blood pressure history relies not on single or sporadic readings, but on a pattern over time.
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