User Manual Part 7

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Viewing real-time patient data
Dynamic inflate is recommended for most patients. However, if a patient’s
systolic pressure readings vary by 25 mmHg or more, fixed inflate may be more
comfortable for the patient. In all likelihood, dynamic inflate would not inflate
the cuff high enough for such a patient, prompting the blood pressure monitor to
retry, and causing the patient to endure two inflations for each reading. A fixed
inflation to the set maximum pressure eliminates the double inflation and
increases the patient’s comfort. Reducing the maximum cuff inflation pressure
setting for a patient being monitored with fixed inflate will also increase the
patient’s comfort.
6. After selecting dynamic or fixed inflate, the DEFLATE RATE can be set. It can
be set to: 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 mmHg, using the YES + and NO – buttons. A deflate
rate of 3 mmHg per second is recommended.
NOTE
A patient with a slow heart rate requires a slower deflation rate than a patient
with a faster heart rate. If the cuff deflates too quickly, it may not be possible
to determine a blood pressure. If the cuff deflates too slowly, it may be
uncomfortable for the patient. The recommended deflate rate of 3 mmHg per
second meets most patients’ requirements, but it can be adjusted when
needed.
7. Press the NEXT button to return to the CHANGE TEST PARAMETERS?
prompt, then press the NO – button to return to:
INT= 5 (***)
INCR DECR START?
Setting limits
It is possible to set the maximum and minimum values, as well as the change (delta)
limit, at which the blood pressure monitor will reject a systolic, diastolic, or pulse
pressure reading and attempt a new measurement. Contact technical support for more
information about setting these limits.
Software and hardware versions
To verify what software and hardware versions your blood pressure monitor has, turn
on the blood pressure monitor while holding down the LAST button. A display
similar to the following appears:
Vsn: XX/ZZ
K3: 0 PR: 0
Your hardware version appears in place of the XX in the above example; your
software version appears in place of the ZZ in the above example.
NOTE
Although it is not shown on the blood pressure monitor display, both the software
and hardware version have a period in them. For example, if the hardware
version reads 11 on the display, this actually indicates that it is hardware version
1.1.
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