Pulse Oximeters - Doctor/Nurse Advice Please

Thanks everyone!

AndyB - If the pro's use the BCI one's I'll look at those.

Maviczap - If you can look at which ones you use that would be much appreciated mate. BTW, which one do you mean on Amazon, there's a load of them on there?

His attacks are not exclusively at night, and I don't think it's anything related to his bed that triggers them, as he generally manages better when sleeping than when awake (more relaxed, not being bothered by it, just breathing). The problem at night being that the doctors surgery is closed, so the only option is casualty and it takes 4 hours minimum and disrupts everyone's sleep. He got really bad for instance on Friday, but we live within a stones throw of the local medical centre, so my wife took him in there and he got a nebuliser there.

I'm pretty sure his attacks are allergy related, he suffers from hayfever, the oil seed rape at the back of our house is in full bloom at the moment.

Thanks everyone!

AndyB - If the pro's use the BCI one's I'll look at those.

Maviczap - If you can look at which ones you use that would be much appreciated mate. BTW, which one do you mean on Amazon, there's a load of them on there?

His attacks are not exclusively at night, and I don't think it's anything related to his bed that triggers them, as he generally manages better when sleeping than when awake (more relaxed, not being bothered by it, just breathing). The problem at night being that the doctors surgery is closed, so the only option is casualty and it takes 4 hours minimum and disrupts everyone's sleep. He got really bad for instance on Friday, but we live within a stones throw of the local medical centre, so my wife took him in there and he got a nebuliser there.

I'm pretty sure his attacks are allergy related, he suffers from hayfever, the oil seed rape at the back of our house is in full bloom at the moment.

[Dave20046]

Afraid I have no advice on health or children other than how to eat ultra rapidly without choking and what sort of net to use.
But sorry to hear he's suffering - hope he gets better soon. Asthma's unpleasant and scary

I'd ask at the hospital what type they use or advise. After my op recently I was surrounded by two doctors rather quickly in hdu after my oximeter decided to say my O2 level means I was dead. Which I wasn't, but the nurse did say they were new ones an d she felt they weren't as reliable. And obviously reliability in your case is paramount, if you're basing a stressfull middle of the night trip on the results.

I'm sorry to hear he's not well that rapeseed is a nightmare. My son suffered badly with asthma until he was seven, and then suddenly it disappeared. I hope it's the same for your wee guy.

[maviczap]

Ok, as promised here's the one in our kit. Dead easy to read. I can't comment on how accurate it is, as we haven't used our kit in anger (thank goodness), but we regularly refresh our training and using one is an aid to correct diagnosis of a casualty.



It was recommended to be added to our kit, by our Paramedic trainers from John Moores University in Liverpool, who are highly qualified and experienced paramedics, so they know what they're talking about.

http://www.999supplier.co.uk/finger_pulse_saturation

Its a bit pricey, but not a lot of money