Important Instructions For Use; Attaching The Cuff - uebe visomat medic Gebrauchsanleitung

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Important instructions for use

• Refrain from drinking alcoholic or caffeinated beverages and smoking at least
one hour before measuring.
• Please rest at least 5 minutes before measuring. Depending on the previous
degree of stress/exertion, this can even require up to one hour.
• The cuff size has to be selected in accordance with the upper arm. Cuffs that
are too small result in excessive blood pressure values. Measure the arm
circumference and compare value to data on cuff!
• Expose the upper arm, the clothes must not impair the blood flow in or from
the arm as this influences the blood pressure at the measurement point.
• Body posture must be relaxed:
– For this purpose, sit at a table (if possible the height of a dining table, not
a coffee table!).
– Rest your back against the backrest of the chair.
– Lay down your lower arm completely, with the palm of your hand facing
upwards.
– Place your feet on the floor and do not cross your legs.
• Blood pressure is not a fixed value. It may fluctuate upwards or downwards by
more than 20 mmHg on patients within a few minutes.
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Operating the unit Operating the unit
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Attaching the cuff

• Expose the upper arm.
• Push the cuff onto the arm until the lower edge
of the cuff is 2-3 cm above the crook of the arm
(Fig. 1).
• When using the unit on the left arm the air hose
runs to the unit through the middle of the crook
of the arm so that the 4 cm long artery marking
is located centrally above the pulse position (Fig.
2).
• When using the unit on the right arm the cuff
must be rotated to the left until the artery mark-
ing is on the pulse position. The air hose then
runs along the inner side of the upper arm.
• The cuff should be tightened to such an extent
that 2 fingers can still be inserted between arm
and cuff. Tip:
– Angle the arm slightly
The upper arm muscle is tensioned slightly
–
This increases the circumference of the arm
–
slightly
• Now pull the free cuff end tight and flip it back
tightly above the Velcro fastener.
• Check whether the arrow on the cuff is within the
white marking for the arm circumference.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 2: Pulse position
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