Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Easy and cheap way to ID potential COVID-19 concerns
Want to share this, it is SO SIMPLE it is BRILLANT!
Just heard something on TV by a Doc that is so simple and easy to help us all during this crazy virus....go to Amazon now and buy a cheap (I got one for $25) PULSE OXIMETER READER FOR YOUR FINGER! Then, if you have some symptoms you are concerned about, you quickly take the pulse oxygenation reading and KNOW immediately if this is potentially virus related. He said if you call any medical screener with symptoms but can tell them that your oxygenation levels are within normal limits, that we can all avoid unnecessary waits to see a Doc, and potential exposure while there. They have them for both adults and peds available on Amazon now)...who knows how quickly they might sell out. Good luck all! |
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Samsung has a pulse oximeter app for its high end smart phones.
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Unless you have other issues, poor circulation as many elderly have, or Raynaud’s just for one. I am known as the walking dead in the OR. I scare the crap out of a new grad. also you need to understand certain nail polish will not give you correct numbers on hospital grade, much less on a over the counter. Do you know your baseline 30 days ago
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SO SIMPLE it is BRILLANT!
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#1--THIS IS NOT IRRESPONSIBLE INFORMATION! It came from Dr Seigel on Fox news. He stated BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF TESTING KITS AVAILABLE, this was one way to HELP your Doc triage your concerns! CHECK OUT FOX NEWS, YOU CAN SEE IT YOURSELF! TRIAGE!!! NOONE said not to get incontact with a HCP and trying to do this based ONLY on your O2 levels. When you call your HCP, you give them what is going on with you...fever, aches, pains, whatever...why NOT give them something that really helps them understand you MIGHT NEED TO BE SEEN IMMEDIATELY! #2--If you don't like the fact a retired nurse is trying to pass along something that could HELP those that WANT TO ENSURE THEY ARE OK BUT NOT EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO GOING OUT TO A DR OFFICE OR ER UNNECESSARILY, too darn bad! We ALL need to watch our own health issues, and also do what we can to reserve/maintain those health care professionals by giving them all the info we can to help them determine if we NEED to be screened by testing based on the information we are giving them VS just deciding WE WANT A TEST meaning you might be wasting one unnecessarily. #3--if YOU want to take the risk of not knowing if your cough, fever or issues are not allergy/cold/flu related without being able to give your HCP the additional information of what your O2 level is WITHOUT HAVING to going in, please save your few dollars and head your happy attitude right on into your Dr office or the ER and expose yourself to whatever and PAY the cost of the visit and allow those of us that will REFUSE to lay awake worrying unnecessarily because we might have SOME symptoms, but bottom line is YOU WILL PRIORITIZE yourself for care once you can tell them you have a falling O2 sat level. I don't own stock in anything medically related. |
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There is nothing wrong with ordering a device that can possibly help screen a potential symptom of the Corona Virus. Nothing is perfect, anything that can possibly help someone concerned about a possible infection, and rule out a false positive, that would otherwise burden our already overwhelmed health care services is not a bad thing. These are times where we are all trying to learn and figure out things, we are all definitely swimming in unchartered waters.
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Pulse Oximeter
You could have the coronavirus before the oxygenation saturation level in your blood is affected. People with certain underlying health issues can already have low oxygen levels in their blood. How about using a thermometer to monitor your temperature if you are not feeling well and take it from there. In a healthy person, you're going to be pretty sick by the time your O2 Sat is measuring low as a result of coronavirus. I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist. The gang on Fox News also said that this was all a hoax. Dr. Fauci is the only doctor on TV that I would take advice from.
Just heard something on TV by a Doc that is so simple and easy to help us all during this crazy virus....go to Amazon now and buy a cheap (I got one for $25) PULSE OXIMETER READER FOR YOUR FINGER! Then, if you have some symptoms you are concerned about, you quickly take the pulse oxygenation reading and KNOW immediately if this is potentially virus related. He said if you call any medical screener with symptoms but can tell them that your oxygenation levels are within normal limits, that we can all avoid unnecessary waits to see a Doc, and potential exposure while there. They have them for both adults and peds available on Amazon now)...who knows how quickly they might sell out. Good luck all![/QUOTE] Last edited by Lindsyburnsy; 03-22-2020 at 07:31 AM. |
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If this information did not come from the CDC, then it is pure BS
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