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Bolus
There are three bolus types: Normal, Square Wave
®
, and Dual Wave
®
. This section gives instructions for a Normal
bolus using the express bolus button and navigating through the menus. (For information about Square Wave and
Dual Wave boluses, refer to the Optimizing pump therapy chapter.)
The Normal bolus delivers an immediate food or correction bolus. It can be delivered at any time except during
another Normal bolus. During a Normal bolus, most pump features are disabled until after all the bolus has been
delivered. The suspend function and the STATUS screen, however, are always available.
Setting the Normal Bolus
Normal bolus can be used to cover the carbohydrate in a meal or snack and/or to correct a blood glucose that is
higher than your blood glucose target.
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The following instructions are for a Normal bolus when the Bolus Wizard feature is turned off.
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Go to the BOLUS MENU.
Main > Bolus
Select Set Bolus and press ACT. Go to step 2.
You can also use the
EXPRESS BOLUS button to get to step 2. Press from your HOME screen.
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a. If the SET BOLUS screen appears: (Dual/Square option is off) Go to step 3.
b. If the BOLUS TYPE screen appears: (Dual/Square Wave is on) Select Normal Bolus and press ACT. Go to
step 3.
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The SET BOLUS screen (or SET NORMAL BOLUS screen if the Dual/Square option is on) appears with 0.0 unit
bolus amount flashing.
Enter your bolus amount and press ACT.
NOTE: If you have BG Reminder turned On, a screen displays allowing you to accept or modify the length of
time after this bolus before you are reminded to check your blood glucose. See the BG reminder section of
this chapter for information about this feature.
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The BOLUS DELIVERY screen appears and the Normal bolus starts. The pump will beep/vibrate at the start of
the bolus. As the bolus delivers, the amount shown on the screen will increase until the entire bolus has been
delivered. When the bolus is finished, the pump will beep/vibrate again and the HOME screen will appear.
Below are some practice lessons that will help you understand this pump feature.
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