Fingertip pulse oximeter was invented by Millikan in the 1940s to monitor the concentration of oxygen in arterial blood, an important indicator of the severity of COVID-19. Yonker now explains how ...
Imagine a small device no bigger than a lipstick tube that could help detect a serious health issue before it becomes life-threatening. That device exists—it’s called a pulse oximeter. Once o...
For normal people, SpO2 would reach to 98%~100%. Patients who have coronavirus infection, and for mild and moderate cases, SpO2 may not be significantly affected.
For severe and critically ill pati...
The PR on the patient monitor is the abbreviation of the English pulse rate, which reflects the speed of the human pulse. The normal range is 60-100 bpm and for most normal people, the pulse rate i...
