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9.2 Measuring the blood pressure
1.
Wrap the arm cuff to your upper arm as described in the previous section
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9.1 Carrying out the measurements correctly
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2.
Press the "ON/OFF" button. All the symbols appear for two seconds on the
display. Then the display changes to measurement and shows "0" or the
last reading.
3.
Start the measurement, the cuff is automatically inflated in the belt. The
mark (
) flashes on the LCD. When the measurement is complete, the
results appear on the LCD.
Note: The heartbeat symbol (
) may also indicate a possible Cardiac arrhyth-
mia!