Correct Posture; Evaluating Results; Cardiac Arrhythmia - Beurer BM 44 Mode D'emploi

Correct posture

• Rest for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement.
Otherwise there may be divergences.
• You can perform the measurement either sitting or lying
down. Always make sure that the cuff is on a level with
your heart.
• To carry out a blood pressure measurement, make sure
you are sitting comfortably with your arms and back lean-
ing on something. Do not cross your legs. Place your feet
flat on the ground.
• 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/stop
button .
• Before the measurement, the last saved test result is brief-
ly displayed. If there is no measurement in the memory,
the instrument always displays the value .
• The cuff automatically inflates. Cuff air pressure is re-
leased slowly. If a tendency towards high blood pressure
is already detectable, the cuff is pumped up again and
cuff pressure increased further. As soon as a heart rate is
detected, the heart rate symbol
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure are dis-
played.
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by pressing
the start/stop button
• _ appears if it has not been possible to perform the
measurement properly. Observe the section in these in-
structions on error messages/troubleshooting and repeat
the measurement.
• The test result is saved automatically.
• To switch off and release the pressure, press the start/
stop button again. If you forget to switch off the device,
it switches off automatically after approx. 1 minute.
Wait at least 5 minutes before taking another measurement!

6. Evaluating results

Cardiac arrhythmia:

This instrument can identify possible cardiac arrhythmia dis-
orders 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 controlling the heart beat.
The symptoms (omitted or premature heart beats, slow or
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