Settings & Features

Support

Setting a Temp Basal Rate

Device: 523/723 (Revel), 522/722, 515/715, 512/712

Important

Temp basal should be used based on the guidance of your healthcare provider.

Allowed Range Default Setting Increments
523/723 (Revel) 0.0-Max basal rate setting 0.0 units/hour 0.025 units (for rates between 0.025-0.975 u/h)
0.05 units (for rates between 1-9.95 u/h)
0.1 units (for rates of 10 u/h or more); (or 1%)
522/722 0.0-Max basal rate setting 0.0 units/hour 0.05 units/hour (or 1%)
515/715 0.0-Max basal rate setting 0.0 units/hour 0.05 units/hour (or 1%)
512/712 0.0-Max basal rate setting 0.0 units/hour 0.05 units/hour (or 1%)

Selecting a Temp Basal Type

Note

Your pump will remember the temp basal type setting. Once the type is set, you do not have to set it again.

  1. Go to the SET TEMP BASAL AS screen.

    • For 523/723 (Revel)
      Main Menu > Basal > Basal Setup > Temp Basal Type

    • For 522/722, 515/715, 512/712 insulin pump models
      Main Menu > Basal > Temp Basal Type

  2. The SET TEMP BASAL AS screen appears. Select Insulin Rate (U/H) or Percent of Basal, then press ACT.

  3. The screen will return to the previous menu. The temp basal type is now set. Exit the menus.

Important

If you select Percent of Basal as your temp basal type, changes to your basal rate are not allowed until after temp basal is completed or cancelled.

Delivering a Temp Basal

note

A temp basal cannot exceed your programmed Max basal rate.

  1. Go to the BASAL screen.

    • Main Menu > Basal

  2. Select Set/Edit Temp Basal, then press ACT.

  3. The SET DURATION screen appears. The duration will flash. Duration is the amount of time it will take for the pump to deliver the temporary basal. Enter the desired minutes or hours (30 minutes to 24 hours), then press ACT.

  4. If you have selected insulin rate as your temp basal type, the SET TEMP BASAL U/H screen appears.

    If you have selected percent of basal as your temp basal type, the SET TEMP BASAL % screen appears. The temporary basal rate will flash.

    Enter your temp basal rate, then press ACT.

  5. The BASAL MENU screen appears with an open circle at the top of the screen. Your pump is in Special mode; temp basal is now set and delivering. Exit the menus.

Canceling a Temp Basal

  1. Go to the BASAL MENU.

    • Main Menu > Basal

  2. Select Cancel Temp Basal, then press ACT.

    The screen will return to the BASAL MENU. Your temp basal is cancelled and open circle has disappeared from the top of the screen. The programmed basal is now active again. Exit the menus.

9404038-012 20110713

Did You Know

    A temporary basal rate allows an immediate short-term change to your basal insulin for a specified period of time (30 minutes to 24 hours).

    This rate can be up to your Maximum basal rate setting. It offers an easy way to immediately meet short-term insulin needs for temporary activities or situations. When your blood glucose is temporarily high or low, a temp basal rate allows you to set a temporarily higher or lower basal to accommodate your blood glucose.

    For ongoing periods of increased or decreased activity, the patterns feature may be more suitable.

Find Your Device

Not sure which model you own?

FIND IT

myLearning

Learn more about this topic online.

Take the Additional Information and Programming for the Paradigm® Revel™ Insulin Pump class.

Sign In

Quick Reference

Now that you know the steps, keep the Basal Quick Reference Guide on hand.

DOWNLOAD NOW

  • Font Size/Page Zoom
x

You are leaving the Medtronic Diabetes web site.

You just clicked a link to go to another website. If you continue, you will leave this site and go to a site run by someone else.

Medtronic does not review or control the content on the other website, and we are not responsible for any business dealings or transactions you have there. Your use of the other site is subject to the terms of use and privacy statement on that site.

If you want to visit the other website, click XXXXXX.com

If you do not want to visit the other website, click Cancel

  • medtronicdiabetes.com
  • medtronicdiabetes.
  • medtronic.
  • loop-blog.com
  • insulinforward.com
  • minimed.com
  • realdiabetescontrol.com
  • s3.amazonaws.com
  • /transformer_
  • /hcp_page_
  • servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/medtronicdiabetesnews
  • mylearningview.com
  • youtube.com/user/medtronicdiabetes
  • twitter.com/#!/mdt_diabetes
  • facebook.com/medtronicdiabetes