User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Your New OmniPod Insulin Management System
- Getting Started
- The OmniPod Starter Kit
- Set Up the Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM)
- The Setup Wizard
- Enter your PDM ID
- Select the ID screen color
- Set date and time
- Enter basal settings
- Enter blood glucose sound setting and BG goal
- Set the suggested bolus calculator
- Enter target blood glucose value
- Enter minimum BG allowed for use in bolus calculation
- Enter insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio
- Enter correction factor
- Set reverse correction
- Enter the duration of insulin action
- Select bolus increment and enter maximum bolus
- Set extended bolus doses
- Set low reservoir advisory
- Set expiration notification
- Understanding and Adjusting Basal Rates
- Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
- Using the Personal Diabetes Manager
- Checking Your Blood Glucose
- The Built-in FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter
- The FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Test Strips
- The FreeStyle® Control Solution
- Performing a Control Solution Test
- Performing a Blood Glucose Reading
- Blood Glucose Results and the Suggested Bolus Calculator
- Entering Blood Glucose Readings Manually
- Editing Tags
- Low and High Blood Glucose Readings
- Important Health-Related Information
- Understanding Your Records
- Living with Diabetes
- Alerts and Alarms
- Communication Failures
- Appendix
- Pod Care and Maintenance
- Personal Diabetes Manager Care and Maintenance
- Storage and Supplies
- Suggested Bolus Calculator Examples and Guidelines
- OmniPod System Options and Settings
- Pod Specifications
- Accuracy Test Results
- Personal Diabetes Manager Specifications
- Blood Glucose Meter Specifications
- OmniPod System Label Symbols
- Personal Diabetes Manager Icons
- OmniPod System Notice Concerning Interference
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Customer Bill of Rights
- Limited Warranty for the Personal Diabetes Manager
- HIPAA Privacy Notice
- Glossary
- Index
Understanding and Delivering Bolus Doses
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Create a bolus preset
1. O
n the Home screen use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Settings; then press Select.
2. Choose Presets, then press Select.
3. Choose Bolus presets, then press Select.
4. Choose [add new], then press New.
5. To use the OmniPod System’s default naming system, simply
press Next. The default naming system automatically assigns
program names in numerical order, such as bolus 1, bolus 2,
bolus 3.
Or, to give a different name to the program:
a. Press the Up/Down Controller buttons to enter the char-
acters that spell the name you want. An up and down
arrow symbol on the screen indicates which character
you are changing.
b. Press the middle Soft Key (labeled with the right arrow) to
move the underscore to the next character.
c. Enter each character one at a time. For example, if you
frequently take the same bolus at lunchtime, you might
enter L, u, n, c, h (Figure 4-16).
d. Press Next.
6. Enter the new bolus preset amount, up to the maximum
bolus you entered during setup; then press Next.
7. Review the bolus preset name and amount, then press Save
to accept it.
Enable an existing bolus preset
1. On the Home sc
reen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons
to choose Bolus; then press Select.
2. Choose the bolus preset you want to use from the list (Figure
4-17), then press Select.
3. Press Enter to confirm the bolus preset amount, or, if neces-
sary, use the Up/Down Controller buttons to adjust the
bolus amount.
Figure 4-16
Figure 4-17