Correct Posture - Sanitas SBC 41 Gebrauchsanweisung

Correct posture

• Rest for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement.
Otherwise there may be divergences.
• You can perform the measurement
while sitting or lying. To carry out a
blood pressure measurement, make
sure you are sitting comfortably with
your arms and back leaning on
something. Do not cross your legs.
Place your feet flat on the ground. Make sure to rest
your arm and move it. Always make sure that the cuff is
at heart level. Otherwise significant deviations can
occur. Relax your arm and the palm of your hand.
• In order not to distort the result, it is important to keep
still during the measurement and not talk.
Measuring blood pressure
• Switch on the blood pressure monitor with the sTART
button.
• Before the measurement, the last saved test result is
briefly displayed. If there is no measurement in the mem-
ory, the instrument always displays the value .
• The cuff is pumped up to 180 mmHg. Cuff air pressure
is released slowly.
If a tendency towards high blood pressure is already
detectable, the cuff is pumped up again and cuff
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure are
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by press-
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• The test result is saved automatically.
Evaluating results
Cardiac arrhythmia:
This instrument can identify possible cardiac arrhythmia
disorders during measurement and if necessary indicates
the measurement with the flashing icon
This may be an indicator for arrhythmia. Arrhythmia
is a condition where the heart rhythm is abnormal as
a result of defects in the bioelectrical system control-
ling the heart beat. The symptoms (omitted or prema-
ture heart beats, slow or excessively fast heart rate) may
be caused, among other things, by heart disease, age,
physical predisposition, excessive use of stimulants,
stress or lack of sleep. Arrhythmia can only be ascer-
tained through examination by your doctor.
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pressure increased further. As soon as a heart rate is
detected, the heart rate symbol
displayed.
ing the sTART button.
_ appears if it has not been possible to perform the
measurement properly. Observe the section in these
instructions on error messages/troubleshooting and
repeat the measurement.
is displayed.
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