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A pulse is an external monitor placed on the patient's finger or earlobe to measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood?
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How do you measure NPA?
Tip of the nose to the earlobe.
Do doctor's offices have oximeters or are they just in hospitals?
Oximeters are a device designed to measure the oxygen saturation in a patients body. Hositals would most certainly have them and also most doctors especially general practice and cardiologists would utilize them.
How should you properly measure a nasopharyngeal airway adjunct?
Place the NPA on the patient's cheek and it should reach from his nose to his earlobe.
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What is the formula to measure relative humidity?
HR= actual vapor pressure/ saturation vapor pressure
What does the acronym SpO2 stand for?
Sp02 stands for Saturation of Peripheral Oxygen. This is an indirect way to measure the level of oxygen i n the blood. The level of oxygen can be measured using a pulse oximeter.
What technique should the nurse use to measure tissue perfusion?
Obtaining the clients' level of oxygen saturation
How do you measure internal and external dimensions?
find your own
What is the measure of each external angle of a square?
Each external angle of a square is 270o (360o - 90o).
How do you measure the oro pharyngeal airway?
measure the tube from the corner of the patients mouth to the tip of their ear.
What is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.?
Realative humidity
What does desaturation mean in medical terms?
Desaturation is a decrease in oxygen saturation, which is a measure of how much oxygen is being carried in the blood.
