User guide

For example: You need to deliver a 2.0 unit bolus, and your step size is set to 0.5. Each time you press
, the units increase by the step amount of 0.5 units. To deliver 2.0 units, you need to press the
button 4 times. (4 X 0.5 = 2.0) The screen will show 2.0 units.
NOTE: For your safety, you cannot use the to select the Easy Bolus values. Pressing or ESC
will cancel the Easy bolus.
4 If this amount is correct, press ACT to start the Easy Bolus delivery. The BOLUS DELIVERY screen will
show the units being delivered. When the total bolus is finished, the pump will beep or vibrate.
If this amount is wrong, press ESC or
to start over. The pump will return to the HOME screen.
Example 1: Easy bolus
Alexander is a busy executive with an accounting firm. He wears his Paradigm pump on his belt and does
not want to take it off to give himself a bolus. Alex can easily reach down and feel for the Easy Bolus
button
to give a bolus.
He previously programmed his pump to deliver an Easy Bolus in steps of 0.5 unit increments. From the
HOME screen, with each press of the
, the pump will sound a different tone so he can keep track of
the number of button presses.
He wants to give himself 2.0 units for a snack, so he will press
4 times (4 presses x 0.5 units/press =
2.0 units) and then press the ACT button. The pump counts back 4 beeps because he pressed
4
times. He simply presses ACT to confirm the amount, and his pump delivers the 2.0 units.
When Alexander wants to be more discrete, or does not want his pump to beep in an important meeting,
he can set the pump to Vibrate mode and feel for vibrations rather than listening for the tones. (See the
Setting your alert section of the Utilities chapter for details.)
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