Chapter 4 Starting on insulin | 43 |
Prepare your pump for use | 43 |
Filling the reservoir | 44 |
Changing your infusion set | 46 |
Removing the reservoir | 46 |
Rewinding your pump | 47 |
Inserting the reservoir in your pump | 48 |
Manual prime | 49 |
Insert the infusion set | 50 |
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Connecting | 54 |
Disconnecting | 54 |
Fixed prime | 55 |
Prime history | 55 |
Record keeping for diabetes management | 56 |
Determining your pump settings | 56 |
Using your daily journal | 57 |
Chapter 5 Using the Bolus Wizard feature | 59 |
What is it? | 59 |
Information you need | 59 |
Food entry | 59 |
Your blood glucose (BG) reading | 59 |
Your personal Bolus Wizard feature settings | 59 |
How the Bolus Wizard feature works | 62 |
More about the Bolus Wizard feature | 63 |
About high or low blood glucose levels | 63 |
About maximum delivery | 63 |
About active insulin | 64 |
How to program the Bolus Wizard feature | 66 |
Bolus Wizard feature on/off | 66 |
Carb units | 67 |
Carb/Exch ratios | 67 |
BG (blood glucose) units | 69 |
Insulin sensitivity | 69 |
BG (blood glucose) target range | 70 |
Active insulin time | 72 |
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