User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
- Getting Started
- The OmniPod Starter Kit
- Set Up the Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM)
- The Setup Wizard
- Enter your PDM ID
- Select the ID screen color
- Set date and time
- Enter basal settings
- Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal
- Set the suggested bolus calculator
- Enter target blood glucose value
- Enter minimum BG allowed for use in bolus calculation
- Enter insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio
- Enter correction factor
- Set reverse correction
- Enter the duration of insulin action
- Select bolus increment and enter maximum bolus
- Set extended bolus doses
- Set low reservoir advisory
- Set expiration notification
- Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
- Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
- Using the Personal Diabetes Manager
- Checking Your Blood Glucose
- The Built-in FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter
- The FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Test Strips
- The FreeStyle® Control Solution
- Performing a Control Solution Test
- Performing a Blood Glucose Reading
- Blood Glucose Results and the Suggested Bolus Calculator
- Entering Blood Glucose Readings Manually
- Editing Tags
- Low and High Blood Glucose Readings
- Important Health-Related Information
- Understanding Your Records
- Living with Diabetes
- Alerts and Alarms
- Communication Failures
- Appendix
- Pod Care and Maintenance
- Personal Diabetes Manager Care and Maintenance
- Storage and Supplies
- Suggested Bolus Calculator Examples and Guidelines
- OmniPod System Options and Settings
- Pod Specifications
- Accuracy Test Results
- Personal Diabetes Manager Specifications
- Blood Glucose Meter Specifications
- OmniPod System Label Symbols
- Personal Diabetes Manager Icons
- OmniPod System Notice Concerning Interference
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Customer Bill of Rights
- Limited Warranty for the Personal Diabetes Manager
- HIPAA Privacy Notice
- Glossary
- Index
Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
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2. If you are not
going to eat now, press No (Figure 4-4). The
Suggested Bolus screen appears (Figure 4-5). Press Enter to
accept the suggested bolus.
Or, if you wish, press the Up/Down Controller buttons to
increase or decrease the suggested bolus. Then press Enter
to accept the bolus.
3. If you are going to eat now:
a. Press Yes (Figure 4-5), enter the number of carbohydrates
you are about to eat, then press Enter.
If you’ve previously entered a carb preset, then either:
• Use the Up/Down Controller buttons to choose
[enter manually], then press Select. Enter the num-
ber of carbohydrates that you are going to eat, then
press Enter.
• Use the Up/Down Controller buttons to choose
favorites, snacks, or meals. From there, select a carb
preset you have previously entered (see “Carb Presets”
later in this chapter), then press Select.
b. Press Enter to accept the suggested bolus (Figure 4-6 on
the following page).
Or press the User Info/Support Soft Key (?) button to view
calculation information used for this suggested bolus.
Press Close to return to the Suggested Bolus screen,
then press Enter.
In the Suggested Bolus screen (Figure 4-5), “adjusted
for Insulin on Board (IOB)” appears only when Insulin
on Board (IOB) is a factor in the calculation.
Figure 4-4
Figure 4-5
To view detailed information about the calcula-
tions used for this suggested bolus, press the User
Info/Support button and scroll through the infor-
mation screens. Press Close to return to the
Suggested Bolus screen.