User Manual

32 Chapter 3
Example:
Suspend function
1. Josh has been on a Medtronic MiniMed pump for several months. He is very active in soccer and basketball.
He and his healthcare professional have determined that he does not need his basal insulin during his
games, and that he is able to take the pump off for these short amounts of time. Josh uses the “Suspend”
feature on his pump to stop the basal insulin during the time that he is disconnected from his pump. He will
“Resume” delivery when he reconnects the pump.
2. Helen is ready to eat her lunch. She has just programmed her pump to deliver a meal bolus when the phone
rings. Helen wants to talk on the phone and not eat her lunch right away. She knows that if she lets the
bolus continue and she does not eat her lunch soon, she may be at risk for low blood glucose. Helen
“Suspends” delivery of her pump to stop the bolus, but then “Resumes” delivery to restart her basal insulin.
When she is off the phone and ready to eat, she checks her STATUS screen to see how much insulin she
received from the partially delivered bolus before she suspended her pump. She will reprogram a new bolus
for the remainder.
Practice:
Suspend function
1. Make sure you are NOT connected to your pump while practicing.
Program your pump to deliver a Normal bolus of 3.0 units.
Once the bolus begins, stop the bolus by suspending your pump.
Remember, when you stop the bolus delivery with “Suspend,” ALL insulin delivery will stop.
2. Now, “Resume” delivery, so that your basal insulin will continue.
3. Check the STATUS screen.
How much insulin did the bolus deliver before you Suspended delivery? _______.
If you wanted to take the rest of the bolus later, how much would you take to equal 3.0 units? _______
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