User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Glossary
- Before you begin...
- The basics...
- Basic programming
- Starting on insulin
- Using Bolus Wizard
- Optimizing pump therapy
- Insulin pump therapy follow-up
- Utilities
- Troubleshooting and alarms
- Troubleshooting
- My pump has a no delivery alarm...
- What happens if I leave the battery out too long?
- Why doesn’t my pump battery last very long?
- What is a CHECK SETTINGS alarm?
- My screen appears distorted...
- I can’t get out of the priming loop...
- The pump is asking me to rewind...
- My bolus stopped...
- My pump buttons are not acting right during a bolus...
- My pump won’t display my BG reading from my meter...
- I dropped my pump
- I submerged my pump in water
- Alarms
- Alarm conditions
- Troubleshooting
- Pump maintenance
- User safety
- Pump specifications
- Alarms and error messages
- Alarm history
- Backlight
- Basal
- BG target
- Bolus delivery
- Bolus history
- Bolus units
- Bolus Wizard
- Carb ratios
- Carb units
- Daily totals
- Default screen
- Delivery accuracy
- Drive motor
- Dual Wave bolus
- Easy bolus
- Infusion pressure
- (insulin) sensitivity
- Insulin type
- Low resv (reservoir) warning
- Meter value
- Normal bolus
- Occlusion detection
- Percent temp basal
- Power supply
- Prime function
- Prime history
- Program safety checks
- Pump size
- Pump weight
- Remote control
- Reservoir
- Square Wave bolus
- Status screen
- Temporary (temp) basal rate
- Time and date screen
- Water tight
- Bolus Wizard specifications
- Default settings
- Icon table
- Menu map
78 Chapter 6
3. 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 (see section. “Alert types”) and feel for vibrations rather than listening for the
tones.
Your turn: Easy bolus practice
The factory default setting for the Easy Bolus feature is 0.1 unit steps.
You can change the step level as necessary to a value that is more convenient
for you to use and easier to multiply.
Give your next bolus by using the Easy Bolus feature on your pump.
How many units did you give? _______
How many tones did you count? _______
It might be a good idea to look at your pump's screen to see the bolus amount as
well as counting the steps the first few times you try this until you become familiar
and comfortable with the feature. Your step level is ________.
MiniMed
BOLUS DELIVERY
0.1
U
1:32P
Normal
MiniMed
SET EASY BOLUS
1.0
U
ACT
ESC
to accept
MiniMed
to cancel