![]() It’s important the finger comes in contact with the sensor which is usually indicted by a red light. ![]() There are different types of finger probes. The pulse oximetry does not work as effectively if placed on a finger with nail polish. Wash your hands! Take off any nail polish. Patient has a disease/disorder involving the respiratory system Patient has an order to wear an oxygen appliance. Patient exhibits signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction. When the patient has signs and symptoms of hypoxia. Patient has complaints of shortness of breath (SOB). Recovery from a surgery requiring general anesthesia. Pulse oximetry may be performed to assess the adequacy of oxygen levels (or oxygen saturation) in the blood in a variety of circumstances such as: surgery, other procedures involving sedation (for example, bronchoscopy) adjustment of supplemental oxygen as needed effectiveness of lung medications and patient tolerance to increased activity levels.ħ Other reasons may include, but are not limited to, the following: Is an indicator that a patient may be suffering from a more serious condition involving the cardiac and/or respiratory systems. Let’s the evaluator know how much oxygen is flowing in a patient’s blood. Advantages to pulse oximeters are rapid response, non-invasive, and accuracy.Ī device that provides a non-invasive (does not break the patient’s skin or body openings) method of allowing the monitoring of the amount of oxygen of a patient's hemoglobin.Īllows for further assessment of a patient’s respiratory status. No calibration is required for the equipment. Probe placements include: thumb, finger, bridge of nose, ear and for children the foot and hand. The lights shine through the vascular bed and measure the saturation via a probe. Oxygen saturation is defined as the amount of hemoglobin that is bound to O2 divided by the amount of total hemoglobin that is available to bind with O2.ģ What is Pulse Oximetry? It uses two wavelengths of light to measure the saturation of oxygen. Presentation on theme: "Pulse Oximetry."- Presentation transcript:Ģ What is Pulse Oximetry Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive means of measuring oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
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