$ With your hand open and the palm facing upwards, place your elbow on a table or other surface so the center of the cuff is at about height as your heart.

Center of cuff

•If the center of the cuff is too low, try putting a towel or cushion under your elbow.

•Make sure that the air tube does not pass under your arm.

Yes!No!

BLOOD PRESSURE UNITS

The Base Unit can display blood pressure in units of kPa or mmHg. In the case of kPa, the Base Unit actually measures using mmHg units and then converts the results to kPa.

•The initial factory default blood pressure unit is kPa. The unit also returns to kPa whenever you replace Base Unit batteries.

To specify the blood pressure unit

While the Base Unit is turned off, hold

down its button for about three seconds, and then release the button.

• The Base Unit will perform its zero reset procedure and then display

the standby screen, with the currently selected blood pressure unit indicated at the top.

kPa

 

mmHg

 

 

 

▲▲

•The above procedure toggles the blood pressure unit between kPa and mmHg.

•The blood pressure unit you select remains selected even if you turn off the Base Unit.

TAKING A BLOOD PRESSURE READING

•Make sure you are relaxed before starting the measurement procedure.

•Do not move your arm or the rest of your body while a measurement is in progress.

!Put the cuff on your arm and set the switch to the estimated upper limit of your systolic (high) blood pressure value.

•If you think your systolic blood pressure is around 17.3kPa (130mmHg)

you should select 20.0kPa (150mmHg) as the setting.

BP-1MY-5

@Press the button to turn on the Base Unit.

•Release the button right away after you depress it. Do not

hold the button down for more than about a second.

•Pressing the button again turns off power.

All segments appear momentarily.

▲

Pressure zero-setting in progress.

 

 

Flashes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurement will not start if

 

 

 

 

you press the

button while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this indicator is flashing.

 

 

 

 

 

▲

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby

# Press the button.

• This starts inflation of the cuff and displays the pressure value.

Measurement starting

• During measurement, the indicator flashes on the display to indicate that the pulse is being detected. The indicator stops flashing and remains on the display as long as the pulse rate is displayed after measurement is complete.

$ After measurement is complete, the displays alternates between the systolic and diastolic blood pressure values, and the pulse rate.

Systolic Blood Pressure Diastolic Blood Pressure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

▲

 

 

 

 

 

 

▲

 

 

▲

 

 

 

 

 

 

▲

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pulse Rate

 

 

kPa

 

 

 

 

 

 

mmHg

% Press the button to turn off the Base Unit.

•An Auto Power Off feature automatically turns off the Base Unit if you leave it on for about three minutes.

Note

•Avoid taking too many consecutive measurements with the Base Unit. Pressure from the Base Unit cuff can cut off circulation in your arm and cause incorrect readings. Remove the cuff and wait a while before taking another reading.

•Correct readings are impossible when diastolic blood pressure is greater than 180mmHg.

Re-inflation

If the Base Unit determines that pressure in insufficient during a measurement operation, it automatically re-inflates the cuff. Re-inflation may also be performed if you move or talk, or if there is excessive noise or another type of disturbance during a measurement procedure.

•Note that positioning the cuff so its air tube underneath your arm (especially when your arm is pressing down on the tube) can cause noise. This can lead to re-inflate or even make proper measurement impossible.