TruZone Peak Flow Meter User Manual

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healthcare professional. To insure proper technique, ask your physician or licensed
healthcare professional to watch you use the
TruZone * PFM initially.
Record your results in the Daily Record each time you use
TruZone * PFM to identify
changes, trends or patterns in your respiratory symptoms.
If you experience unusual symptoms, follow the instructions provided by your physician or
licensed healthcare professional and/or contact them immediately regardless of your PEF.
Your physician or licensed healthcare professional should always be contacted when
changes in your PEF indicate a worsening of your condition.
HOW TO USE YOUR TRUZONE* PFM
1. Prior to using your new TruZone * PFM make sure the yellow
indicator has been reset, resting within the diamond near the
mouthpiece.
2. To reset, gently shake the
TruZone * PFM vertically until the yellow
indicator is positioned directly behind the reset diamond.
3. Take as deep a breath as possible.
4. Put the
TruZone * PFM mouthpiece into your mouth – seal your lips.
5. Blow out as hard and as fast as possible.
6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 as many times as instructed by your
physician or health care professional.
7. Look at the number on the scale beside the yellow indicator.
Record this number in the space provided in your
TruZone * PFM
Daily Record.
! When you finish using your TruZone * PFM, be sure to store it in its original package.
HOW TO USE YOUR DAILY RECORD
The Daily Record covers a period of 35 days. Write your name on the line provided and
starting with today’s date, enter the dates of the next 35 days across the top of the
record, in the spaces provided.
Under each date is a graph for charting PEF up to three times a day (AM, PM and one
additional). This graph matches the numbers on the
TruZone * PFM. Begin entering results
in your Daily Record in the left hand column of the chart. All subsequent results should be
entered sequentially to the right.
Once the yellow indicator comes to rest at your final PEF, make an “X” to record the
measurement under the appropriate Date and Time heading. You have a choice of two
methods when charting your peak expiratory flow results:
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TruZone Peak Flow Meter Specifications

General

Brand	TruZone
Model	Peak Flow Meter
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English