Taking your pulse oximeter on Christmas vacation

Dec 22
12:13

2010

Jacob  Walters

Jacob Walters

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Christmas vacation with the use of a pulse oximeter.

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There are many individuals that are planning on going on Christmas vacation this year that have many different cardiac and respiratory conditions. One of these conditions happens to be asthma which is very prevalent in today’s society. Asthma affects a lot of individuals and its monitoring is key to healthy living. As these individuals with this condition go on vacation this Christmas season they will need a health and medical device that they can utilize in order to monitor their oxygen levels. Well the best device that not only provides the portability but also the affordability is a pulse oximeter. Whether you are going skiing or going to Europe for this Christmas season you can always take your pulse oximeter device with you in order to monitor you oxygen levels while on the go. The ability to monitor your oxygen levels will help greatly in order to prevent an asthma attack and moreover it can also prevent many other health conditions that can be easily avoided if the individual closely monitors their health. The oximeter device is very small and thus it can be taken anywhere the individual wants to go this Christmas season. The power source for the device is a set of batteries that can provide long lasting monitoring when away from home. So no more concern regarding wires or even being close to an electrical outlet. With these new devices you can go where you want without the worry that you will never be able to monitor your health. A pulse oximeter works quite effectively to measure the pulse rate as well as the blood oxygen saturation of an individual The device is only a fraction of the size of a typical cell phone and thus it is extremely portable. It also is very accurate and instantly gives a reading of the oxygen saturation as well as pulse rate within seconds. By inserting your finger inside the portable device an infrared light passes through you finger. Hemoglobin absorbs light at different frequencies and as such the infrared light that goes through the finger bounces back to the oximeter device computer with a number that represents the oxygen levels of the body. This number means the world to people who live with conditions that require accurate monitoring of the oxygen levels in the body. Oximeter devices continue to break ground not only in the hospital setting but also the home setting as well. No longer do individuals need to be at their physician’s office or a hospital in order to take advantage of such a device to monitor their health. The newest generations of devices are not only extremely small and portable but they also are extremely affordable. So individuals living with various health conditions that are necessary to measure their oxygen levels can now use the device in the comfort of their home without ever having to worry about not monitoring their health on a continuous basis. The portability also allows them to take the device wherever they desire to go.