Friday, April 11, 2014

The Benefits Of Using The CMS Pulse Oximeters

By Luisa Sharpe


For the body to work well, it must have enough oxygen transported in the blood. Doctors need to know the amount of oxygen in the body. The CMS pulse Oximeters are the equipment used at the hospital to measure oxygen concentration in the blood. This is compared to the average amount in the body that translates to 95 to 98 percent in a healthy individual free from pulmonary and other diseases. When used, it is attached to any narrow part of the body or your finger.

This equipment is used because it does not intrude on the way the body works. When compared to withdrawing blood from the body to do tastes on the amount of O2 and hemoglobin, it is better. If a person is to be tested after a few hours, the method of drawing blood becomes inconvenient. Taking blood from a patient within short intervals is not recommended.

The oximeter is usually linked to the multi-parameter patient observer. This has a large display and can be easily seen from distance. To check ones blood, one end of the oximeter is hooked to the patients finger and the other end will be the one to send readings to the huge screen where they will be clearly displayed.

Though an oximeter is able to measure the amount of oxygen in the human blood, it cannot be used to determine whether the patient is using up this oxygen. In order to to use this this device for this purpose, it has to be connected to other laboratory instrument to indicate this. Patients undergoing surgery are normally monitored using this kind of system as they have very unstable oxygen supply, and using this device will ensure that they are getting enough supply.

People who have COPD and sleep disorders like apnea and hypopnea are closely monitored using this instrument. This is because they may start hyper or hypo ventilating, and this may not be sensed easily if they are in critical condition. The oximeter is a must have in emergency medicine because it does in seconds what would take hours to be determined.

For pilots flying planes in high altitudes above 10,000ft, they need this machine because they require supplemental O2. When used, it indicates when to use the supplemental oxygen because they lack normal supply. This helps to make drastic emergency measures and avoid accidents. To many people, this can be used to save peoples live and prevent accidents. If you use CMS machine, you are able to get information for many hours since it consumes less power and you can use it for over 30 hours.

This instrument can be attached to any finger. This can be adults and children. This medical equipment has been tested by Health Canada and FDA for use in emergencies. It shows details in its 7 bar graph system. This display can be seen in ambient light.

The CMS pulse Oximeter comes with lightweight digital display that use LED light. This is comfortable for patients to wear. It uses little power and indicates when power shuts. This helps one to continue using it until it shuts off.




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