tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post5352797012775187361..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: Is pulse oximetry a distraction? Rick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-46432358462096144192013-06-17T20:52:39.297-04:002013-06-17T20:52:39.297-04:00I see them as outdated equipment. The technology w...I see them as outdated equipment. The technology we have today could be configured to make a camera from your phone give you your pulse ox. They can already tell your heart rate from small color changes in your tissue. So in the hospital setting I find them to be a focus of machine, not so much the patient. I know we've all been there- 230am nurse calls for a patient desating, you run up there to find the pulse ox trying to figure out the oximetry of the patients bed. This device has taken much concern away from patient care and focused on device care. It has to be an industry thing. Most places want everyone on a pulse ox. Or it to be checked along with vitals even though the patient has no quarry with oxygenation. Any time there's a real question of oxygenation we have to draw a blood gas. Now in the acute setting these are gold. NICU,ICU,SICU its a must have. They definitely can be life savers because every second counts at that point. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16594661281160228533noreply@blogger.com