Dexcom G5 Mobile - 10.3 Entering Events

Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
192Daily Events Aect Your Glucose Trends and Patterns
You can have multiple Events in a single day, or even during the same time frame and enter
them all in at the same time. As an example, you’re running late because of traffic (Stress)
and quickly swing by a drive-thru to get lunch (Carbs of 85 grams).
For your convenience (and safety!), no need to stop everything and enter your Events as they
are happening. When you have a moment, you can enter your Events retroactively in your app
or receiver.
Events are meant to be entered as individual occurrences: don’t enter daily totals, enter each
Event separately.
In the next section, you will learn how to enter Events, first in your smart device, then into the
receiver.
10.3 Entering Events
You probably will enter Events in the display device you use most often; however, you should
know how to enter Events into each.
First, let’s look at how to enter Events in a smart device, then in the receiver.
When using Dexcom Share, you can allow your Followers see your Event entries. For more
Dexcom Share information, please see Part 5.
Entering Events: Smart Device
In the G5 Mobile app, Events are just a tap away! The Event icon, a running man, is on the
app’s home screen task bar in portrait mode (remember, you don’t have the task bar in
landscape).
The same steps are used to enter Events for Carbs, Insulin, Exercise, and Health. If you can
enter a Carb Event, you can enter an Insulin Event. To enter Events, we’ll use the above
scenario. The following table shows how to enter Carbs (drive-thru lunch) and Stress (traffic
jam) Events.