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Yes, since it will tell you if you are consuming the righ amount of oxygen.
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Who needs a oximeter?
An oximeter measures the amount of oxygen carried by the bloodstream. Generally it is used to monitor oxygen levels in people with diseases of the lung, such as COPD.
What is the name of the machine used to check your oxygen level?
A pulse oximeter provides non-invasive testing of oxygen saturation levels in the blood.
Why cerebral oximeter normal value is much less than pulse oximeter?
cerebral oxygen saturation are weighted venous samples (70% venous, 30% arterial) Pulse oximeter values are based on arterial oxygen saturations.
Does feeling like you are spongy mean you need oxygen?
I will wear oximeter tonight As my body has been feeling like a sponge realy everything wants to sleep,was wondering if I need oxygen?
How is a pulse oximeter used?
A pulse oximeter is used to measure the oxygen content of your blood. Most modern day pulse oximeters fit over the tip of your finger and measure the oxygen saturation indirectly.
What is the function of oximeter?
The pulse oximeter (or oxymeter) measure the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin. If the hemoglobin levels are normal this will give an estimate of how much oxygen is being delivered to the tissues and if abnormal can suggest lung or heart disease.
What does the pulse oximeter tell the physician about the patient?
your oxygen level and pulse rate
What is a pulse oximeter or what does it measure?
An oximeter is a device to measure the oxygen saturation level in blood. I believe that a "pulse" oximeter has a sensor to measure pulse as well, though it wouldn't surprise me if some devices not having such a sensor but otherwise looking and working like a pulse oximeter were casually called that too.
How do you use a pulse oximeter Is it automatic?
A pulse oximeter is normally ttached to a patiets figer to read the amount of oxygen in the blood The devise is automatic and can be set to measure levels at predertmined itervals.
What statement best describes the best practice when using a pulse oximeter?
The combination of an appropriately placed oximeter and I knowledge of minute by minute normal oxygen targets should guide resuscitation.
What instrument measures the body's oxygen saturation with a small clip?
A pulse oximeter measures the body's oxygen saturation with a small clip.
What is a tester that a physician uses in order to test the amount of oxygen in your blood?
It is called a pulse oximeter
