Beurer BM 47, Instructions For Use Manual

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• Before every measurement, relax for about five minutes.
Otherwise deviations can occur.
• You can perform the measurement while sitting or lying.
Make sure that the cuff is at heart level.
• 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.
• To avoid falsifying the measuring result, it is important to
remain still during the measurement and not to speak!
Selecting memory
Press the - or + function button. Select the desired user
memory ( ... ) by pressing the - / + function button.
You have 4 memories with 30 spaces each to store the
measurements of 4 different people separately. Confirm
your selection with the START/STOP button .
Performing the blood pressure measurement
• As described before, attach the cuff and adopt the pos-
ture in which you want to perform the measurement.
• Start the blood pressure monitor with the START/STOP
button . After the full-screen display, the most recently
stored measurement appears. If there is no measurement
in the memory, the unit displays the value “0”.
• The cuff automatically inflates. The cuff’s air pressure is
slowly released. If the device already recognise a ten-
dency for high blood pressure, it will reinflate and increase
the cuff pressure again. As soon as a pulse is found, the
pulse symbol is displayed.
• Systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and pulse readings
are displayed.
• Measuring can be cancelled at any time by pressing the
START/STOP button .
• _ appears if the measurement has not been performed
properly. Take note of the chapter on error messages/
trouble-shooting in these instructions for use and repeat
the measurement.
• The measurement is automatically stored.
• To switch off, press the START/STOP button .
If you forget to turn off the unit, it will switch off automati-
cally after approx. 1 minute.
Wait at least 5 minutes before taking another measurement.
6. Evaluating results
Cardiac arrhythmia:
This unit can identify potential disruption of the heart rhythm
when measuring and if necessary, indicates this after the
measurement with the symbol . This can be an indicator
for arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is an illness in which the heart
rhythm is abnormal because of flaws in the bioelectrical
system that regulates the heartbeat. The symptoms (skipped
or premature heart beats, pulse being slow or too fast) can