User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1
- Beginning Your Dexcom G5® Mobile Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System Journey
- Chapter 2
- Indications for Use and Safety Statement
- Chapter 3
- Risks and Benefits
- Chapter 4
- What’s the G5 Mobile?
- Chapter 5
- Set Up Your Display Devices
- Chapter 6
- Starting a Sensor Session: Inserting Sensor, AttachingTransmitter, and Starting Your Session
- Chapter 7
- Calibration
- Chapter 8
- Ending Your Sensor Session and Transmitter Session
- Chapter 9
- Home Screen, Rate of Change Arrows, and Errors
- Chapter 10
- Daily Events Affect Your Glucose Trends and Patterns
- Chapter 11
- Sensor Glucose Alarm and Alerts
- Chapter 12
- On the Go With G5: Customizing Your Alarm and Alerts
- EVERYTHING ELSE G5
- Chapter 13
- Warranty: The Fine Print
- Chapter 14
- How to Take Care of Your G5 Mobile
- Chapter 15
- On the Go With G5 Mobile: Getting Through Security
- Chapter 16
- Need Help? You’re Not Alone!
- Chapter 17
- Technical Information
- Chapter 18
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter 19
- Symbols on Package Labels
- SHARING IS CARING
Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
Sensor Glucose Alarm and Alerts
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Alerts message you with vibrations (vibrations not available on all smart
devices), visual prompts, sounds, or a combination of all three.
Unlike the Alarm, you can customize your different Alert’s target range (see
Chapter 12).
During your initial setup, you establish your Low/High Glucose Alert levels. As
mentioned before, this chapter is a review of the Alarm and Alerts,
recommended smart device settings, and the receiver’s default Alert settings.
Chapter 12 will show you how to change their settings: customize glucose
levels prompts, how you are notified, and in some cases, how often you get
notified. The following are the defaults.
Default Alerts
Low/High Glucose Alerts
Your Low/High Glucose Alerts have the same color-coding as your Trend
Graph screen:
1.
Red: Glucose levels are below your low threshold.
a.
Default setting of 80 mg/dL.
2.
Gray: Glucose levels are within your Low/High Glucose Alert levels.
a.
No Alerts.
3.
Yellow: Glucose levels are above your high threshold.
a.
Default setting of 200 mg/dL.
Rise Rate/Fall Rate/Repeat/Signal Loss Alerts
Rise Rate and Fall Rate Alerts warn you when your glucose levels are
changing rapidly, either down or up, and look similar to the rate of change
arrows. Repeat Alerts let you know if your sensor glucose readings continue
to be above or below your Alert levels.
Glucose Level Alerts
1.
Rise Rate
a.
Default setting is Off—No Alert.