Anyone use a pulse oximeter?

[IronWing]

Anyone have experience or recommendations concerning pulse oximeters?

 

[SociallyChallenged]

At the physical therapy clinic I volunteer in, we use one for those patients with conditions like COPD. Are you looking to get one? If so, do you mind me asking why?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
At the physical therapy clinic I volunteer in, we use one for those patients with conditions like COPD. Are you looking to get one? If so, do you mind me asking why?

Wife has COPD. I was wondering if the one's designed for athletes would be accurate enough to give us an idea of what is going on with her blood oxygen levels at home.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged
At the physical therapy clinic I volunteer in, we use one for those patients with conditions like COPD. Are you looking to get one? If so, do you mind me asking why?

Wife has COPD. I was wondering if the one's designed for athletes would be accurate enough to give us an idea of what is going on with her blood oxygen levels at home.

You know, I'm not quite sure. I will try to do some research and ask around, however it will take me some time to get an actual answer from somebody with a professional opinion.

 

[james1701]

Do you have a link to what you are looking at? I am a Respiratory Therapist, and use them all the time. Most likely, it would work for what you need, but I would like to see the specific model.

 

[Jeffg010]

What about this? These things sound cool.
http://www.amazon.com/Nonin-Digital-.../dp/B001D7OHQ2

 

[james1701]

Will work fine. Just keep extra batteries on hand as long as she does not have bad peripheral vascular trouble.

 

[Sketcher]

FYI
The Onyx will work for personal use but it's designed for patient care; that is, for it to be placed on a patient finger and then read by the person standing in front of the patient; so the numbers will look upside-down to you unless you curl your finger so that you can read it or just read it upside down. Being that it's certified for medical use, it's also more expensive than the consumer version.

The GO2 on the other hand is designed for home\personal use so the display faces the reader, and though it uses the same technology, is much less expensive.

http://www.nonin.com/go2/

http://www.nonin.com/

*I think you can get the GO2 for even less through Amazon, though verify the seller because there are Chinese knockoff's hitting the market.

**Also, if you have health insurance, check with your physician as it may be a covered product (depending on your carrier).


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[Sketcher]

Speaking of Nonin Pulse Oximeters:

http://tinyurl.com/2abhjjr

"MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of the world's first fingertip and wireless-fingertip pulse oximeter, announced today that its Onyx® II 9560 wireless fingertip pulse oximeter was used in the effort to rescue 33 Chilean miners who were trapped in a Copiapo, Chile mine since August 5...."

 

[Sketcher]

IronWing, did you ever decide on an oximeter and purchase?