A good friend of mine died of Covid a few weeks back. He’d had heart surgery 10 years back . His wife said that the hospital in Houston wouldn’t see him in as he WASN’T having breathing issues. By the time he got admitted he already had advanced double pneumonia and died. I believe this little $20 device would have saved his life if he’d had one at home. You pay that much for a small fire extinguisher which you will likely never need either so considering recent events you better keep one around.
I am so sorry for your loss. Your note is helping us trying to prepare. We can't count on the health systems we've blindly followed in the past, that so tragically, and criminally failed you. Thank you. From PA, USA.
I’m so sorry about your friend. It is criminal what most doctors, hospitals and pharmacies have conspired to NOT treat covid patients. The 500 doctors who are helping patients are being punished for doing so. Illegals flooding our borders are NOT being vaccinated with the EXPERIMENTAL vaccines being forced on citizens. This reduces baby boomers off social security roles and makes room for illegal voters to replace us. No wonder they put covid patients in nursing homes.
My heart goes out to all those who suffered and those still suffering. As an unvaccinated healthcare worker who witnessed that discrimination first hand I have to say it is disgusting. I don't know anyone who died from COVID but my nephew died from HLH after the COVID vaccine. And my spouse had shingles and a seizure after the jab and now has heart problems. My mother, daughter and son all have heart problems now (ages 19 to 70).
Since I found your videos on TH-cam I have been following and downloading all your videos.... You have broadened and help me out with my medical career.. I owe you Doc.. Thanks my Allah continue to guide you.
These devices are about $13 on Amazon. If you believe you should own a thermometer, then you should want a pulse ox device. I buy these for friends and family. Know your normal pulse ox rate and then when you get sick measure your pulse ox frequently. Mine was 84 when I was sick, but I didn't have a pulse ox machine to see it sinking down to 84. By the time a doctor took my pulse ox, I had severe double lung pneumonia. My organs were almost at risk of dying. I was on oxygen for over a month. Lots of costs too. Had I had a pulse ox machine, I could have gone to the doctor's when my pulse ox was 88-92, gotten a prescription to treat mild pneumonia. I just had a friend with a son with pneumonia. How was she supposed to know that her son had something other than a mild virus without a pulse ox machine?
Got one yesterday AND my oxygen level is averaging around 94 - 96 and I am 66 years old with asthma. I tested my unit by holding my breathe and the levels did drop to around 87 ...... BUT I can only hold it for so long (lol). Thanks Doc ..... Good Stuff .
I dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any tips you can offer me!
@Gary Samir i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Interesting that the first time you used it you put your finger in nail side down the second time nail side up. My oximeter says to put your finger in nail side up. By the way what type of doctor are you? Your bio says you are a "nurse teacher"
Hi Dr Campbell, I am a new subscriber referred by a friend who just completed her ODP course. My question is please, kindly explain neostigmine, depolarising and non-depolarising agents in simple terms. I have read it but still don't understand. thank you
Keep us informed and updated. Found this ideal / useful. As I have otofacial / Otocephaly (also had U.C.x 2) I would be very anaemic when severely unwell. I would be keen to buy one of these devices sometime. (Something ideal / handy to have even for whole family.. Any cheap ones going at all?
Dr. Campbell. When I asked my pharmacist for a thermometer he gave me a pulse oximeter. Why did he prefer this over a thermometer? In this covid time, I wanted to make sure I am able to take my temperature. Thank you.
some people are making to much of having one of these gadgets and that's all it is. It's a useful guide nothing more. you cannot get a diagnosis by just looking at the readout, other tests must be taken.
i'm out of breath a lot, esp when i walk and do things around my apartment. i get so out of breath I can't seem to get enough air and when i walk and talk i feel like im drowning. i wonder if i would qualify for oxygen. :( Not that I'm happy about it, but i think it would help. :O()
Thanks for the information!! Does one just need to take a spot Sp02 reading for just 2-3 Seconds or Monitor the readings for a few minutes continuously to arrive at a conclusion?
My levels bounce around. Yours remained pretty stable. After a walk mine can go from 88 to 93. Why will the machine not settle on a number? I changed the battery so maybe not a good machine? As a health professional what number do you write down?
Tammy D par for the course, as an asthmatic I’ve used these since they became commercially available I have at least 11 models hanging around and hardly ever get the same reading from one to the next but at the hospital all is well, can’t completely trust these things there are too many variables from cold digits to nail polish to quality control during assembly they are mostly made in China and are quite inexpensive so you have to take the reading with a grain of salt because anything below 95% is considered low but I find reading deviations of 3% up or down from that 95% line, a blood gas must be done at the office but is the only real way to know
Why would Sp02 levels be highest in the inferior vena cava and right ventricle? That is deoxygenated blood that is returning from the body. Seems like it would be highest in the left ventricle and aorta.
All good information with the exception of a note around 13:00 that they can cause "burning" in children. Maybe this is an urban legend, maybe it's an old idea that may have been true ages ago in the 80s with the first generation of devices, but there's absolutely no way it still applies today. The power output of one of these micro LEDs is so miniscule and the wavelengths so poorly absorbed (in fact that's why the IR and red wavelengths used were chosen, so they would transmit all the way through the finger!) that there is absolutely no way they are capable of causing burns. There may be discomfort for the wearer after some hours due to it clamping down on the finger tip too tightly, but burns are impossible unless there is some kind of severe and gross malfunction of the device.
thank doc but i my exam there is question i don't know if my answer correct or not and i want to confirm for u please . patient have stroke and fibrillation he is in hospital and i give him anti platelets the next step what .he is hospital and he stable and he on anti platelets ? so i think of warfian and also cortiosteriod what you answer doc ?
Try to reverse the AF, if this is not possible give some form of anticoagulation therapy to prevent stroke. I don't see why you would want to use steroids.
I just ordered a Oximeter! - i have sleepapnea and just wanted something to keep track of the blood oxygen at times - i wonder when the level is dangerous/showing bad saturation? (what percentage) and i should contact my doctor?
I got my oximeter, and it shows average of 93/94, and i dont know the difference between the two waveforms it shows at the bottom of the display, maybe Dr.Campbell or anyone who knows could explain?
I live at an altitude of a little over 1 mile high. What is a normal pulse oxygen level and at what leve should I get concerned if I have other symptoms of Covid-19? Thank you.
Hi, Just a comment on current trends.I have some china pulsox for finger tips,lots around because of covid' I have been getting some strange readings, so compared one to a NONIN finger pulse OX, at one point I had 43/96 on the import and 57/98 on the NONIN! (on the same hand!) SO, beware making clinical decisions based on one reading OR one device. Just a comment...
Hello Doctor John. I am quite concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic. IT is my feeling that here in the USA the hospitals will be overwhelmed. I understand that in the 2nd week or so of COVID19 patients may have a hard time breathing. I am not in the medical industry but am watching your video to figure out how to administer oxygen to a COVID19 patient should I or others in my home become one. My theory is that it might be best to buy an E cylinder of medical oxygen and have it ready in case the hospitals are full. My thinking was to have the oximeter and the oxygen here at home and on the ready if / when I or others iny care get COVID19 and have a problem breathing. Any thoughts on this idea would be well received on this side. Cheers, moviestudioland
I would try to run the flow rate of O2 at .5 liter per minute to make the E cylinder last 72 hours and watch the oximeter. I do realize from your lecture now that too much oxygen is not a good and safe thing either.
Dear sir. How to interpret the respiratory waveform display. "The orange and blue waves" on your device? I tried to understand it from Google search but failed. Thank you
I use one of these meters at home and the wave forms become irregular with ectopic heartbeats, it also seems that they become softer looking and flatter with a lower pulse pressure. i.e. the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure - if that helps
I found that very handy (Samsung edge) but haven't been able to use it for about a year. Apparently Samsung disabled that option due to legal concerns about the phone being used as a medical device..I always compared it with the finger device when I got a chance and found it accurate most of the time.
My finger cuff tells me anywhere from 80-93 with a pulse of 73-99 depending… what should I be looking for? It’s low I know… but is it I’m not breathing 😮💨 or what would be the problem? Lol holes in the lungs 🫁… like what they said… CT scan showed like I was shot with a shotgun.
This device is not very accurate huh? It should be less than 99% when you're talking, shouldn't it? I know mine is, and I have a pulseoximeter from Seagull-healthcare which has an precision of +/- 2% @ 70 - 100%....
I disagree, when my son-in-law was unwell and had visited a doctor who made little of his condition, I checked his BP and his blood oxygen. His oxygen was 86. I asked him to phone the NHS line and report it and he was directed to Emergency outpatients right away - he was not taken seriously until they learned the home reading.
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you're a real amazing teacher , someone I can understand from A-z
Thank you sir I am in medical school your videos are really helpful.please keep up the good work.
A good friend of mine died of Covid a few weeks back. He’d had heart surgery 10 years back . His wife said that the hospital in Houston wouldn’t see him in as he WASN’T having breathing issues. By the time he got admitted he already had advanced double pneumonia and died. I believe this little $20 device would have saved his life if he’d had one at home. You pay that much for a small fire extinguisher which you will likely never need either so considering recent events you better keep one around.
I am so sorry for your loss. Your note is helping us trying to prepare. We can't count on the health systems we've blindly followed in the past, that so tragically, and criminally failed you. Thank you. From PA, USA.
I’m so sorry about your friend. It is criminal what most doctors, hospitals and pharmacies have conspired to NOT treat covid patients. The 500 doctors who are helping patients are being punished for doing so. Illegals flooding our borders are NOT being vaccinated with the EXPERIMENTAL vaccines being forced on citizens. This reduces baby boomers off social security roles and makes room for illegal voters to replace us. No wonder they put covid patients in nursing homes.
My heart goes out to all those who suffered and those still suffering. As an unvaccinated healthcare worker who witnessed that discrimination first hand I have to say it is disgusting. I don't know anyone who died from COVID but my nephew died from HLH after the COVID vaccine. And my spouse had shingles and a seizure after the jab and now has heart problems. My mother, daughter and son all have heart problems now (ages 19 to 70).
thank you Dr.Compbell for putting these online you have helped me so much this semester! you are an amazing teacher! :)
Since I found your videos on TH-cam I have been following and downloading all your videos....
You have broadened and help me out with my medical career..
I owe you Doc..
Thanks my Allah continue to guide you.
These devices are about $13 on Amazon. If you believe you should own a thermometer, then you should want a pulse ox device. I buy these for friends and family. Know your normal pulse ox rate and then when you get sick measure your pulse ox frequently. Mine was 84 when I was sick, but I didn't have a pulse ox machine to see it sinking down to 84. By the time a doctor took my pulse ox, I had severe double lung pneumonia. My organs were almost at risk of dying. I was on oxygen for over a month. Lots of costs too. Had I had a pulse ox machine, I could have gone to the doctor's when my pulse ox was 88-92, gotten a prescription to treat mild pneumonia. I just had a friend with a son with pneumonia. How was she supposed to know that her son had something other than a mild virus without a pulse ox machine?
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Got one yesterday AND my oxygen level is averaging around 94 - 96 and I am 66 years old with asthma. I tested my unit by holding my breathe and the levels did drop to around 87 ...... BUT I can only hold it for so long (lol). Thanks Doc ..... Good Stuff .
You can also do deep breathing and get it to the high 90’s
Thank you very much, please, continue to teach us!
Very inspirational teacher, thanks for your efforts.
So this device can only measure the portion that IR light gets 'blocked', WHETHER by O2 or CO. No distinction. Good to know.
Brilliant videos sir! Thanks a ton
Thankyou for making video as always!!! I have learned a lot each time!
I dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any tips you can offer me!
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@Gary Samir i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Gary Samir it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much, you saved my account :D
@Liam Alfred happy to help xD
Interesting that the first time you used it you put your finger in nail side down the second time nail side up. My oximeter says to put your finger in nail side up. By the way what type of doctor are you? Your bio says you are a "nurse teacher"
I got one yesterday. I’m at 95 94 percentage. Would hoped for more. My pulse is 60 or lower ( when sleeping)
Hi Dr Campbell, I am a new subscriber referred by a friend who just completed her ODP course. My question is please, kindly explain neostigmine, depolarising and non-depolarising agents in simple terms. I have read it but still don't understand. thank you
Just measured mine with a similar unit. SpO2 99% bpm 48!!!
Hi, try doing it on a different finger, my partner had the same problem, it was OK on another finger, mind you, she does suffer from bad circulation.
Brewermb nope its always about that!! Right now its 60 99% but I have just nipped upstairs!
My bpm is 42 - extremely fit though and that rate has dropped as I've upped my running
Ca C Very good. The odd thing about me is I am 75!
@@keithtwort9655 Hi, yes I am 72 and I get 58-60bbm and 99 percent, mind you that is at rest. Some times us oldies don't do too bad.
Keep us informed and updated. Found this ideal / useful. As I have otofacial / Otocephaly (also had U.C.x 2) I would be very anaemic when severely unwell. I would be keen to buy one of these devices sometime. (Something ideal / handy to have even for whole family.. Any cheap ones going at all?
Dr. Campbell. When I asked my pharmacist for a thermometer he gave me a pulse oximeter. Why did he prefer this over a thermometer? In this covid time, I wanted to make sure I am able to take my temperature. Thank you.
Thanks for the video !does the pulse measure by that machine accurate?
Best ever explanation... thanks for share
You are the best sir
some people are making to much of having one of these gadgets and that's all it is. It's a useful guide nothing more. you cannot get a diagnosis by just looking at the readout, other tests must be taken.
Good explanation I have one to keep an eye on my O2 due to lung and IPAH on mild exercise can make it drop like a stone
Question does the plethh line have to be exact in height and width and does it alter if you move thanks
Hi if your resting and use oximeter is it normal for pulse to fluctuate mine does not stay still long can go from 75 to 85 thanks
i'm out of breath a lot, esp when i walk and do things around my apartment. i get so out of breath I can't seem to get enough air and when i walk and talk i feel like im drowning. i wonder if i would qualify for oxygen. :( Not that I'm happy about it, but i think it would help. :O()
Thanks for the information!! Does one just need to take a spot Sp02 reading for just 2-3 Seconds or Monitor the readings for a few minutes continuously to arrive at a conclusion?
My levels bounce around. Yours remained pretty stable. After a walk mine can go from 88 to 93. Why will the machine not settle on a number? I changed the battery so maybe not a good machine? As a health professional what number do you write down?
Tammy D par for the course, as an asthmatic I’ve used these since they became commercially available I have at least 11 models hanging around and hardly ever get the same reading from one to the next but at the hospital all is well, can’t completely trust these things there are too many variables from cold digits to nail polish to quality control during assembly they are mostly made in China and are quite inexpensive so you have to take the reading with a grain of salt because anything below 95% is considered low but I find reading deviations of 3% up or down from that 95% line, a blood gas must be done at the office but is the only real way to know
This is exactly what I get also, fluctuating reading and that causes a worry 🙄
Thank you Takuo Aoyagi!
Why would Sp02 levels be highest in the inferior vena cava and right ventricle? That is deoxygenated blood that is returning from the body. Seems like it would be highest in the left ventricle and aorta.
Sir what if the spo2 level are high more then 120 or above.. ?
Also what can be the spo2 level in hyperventilation and how can we tackle it ???
The pulse ox only goes up to 100%. How would you get a reading any higher than that?
All good information with the exception of a note around 13:00 that they can cause "burning" in children. Maybe this is an urban legend, maybe it's an old idea that may have been true ages ago in the 80s with the first generation of devices, but there's absolutely no way it still applies today. The power output of one of these micro LEDs is so miniscule and the wavelengths so poorly absorbed (in fact that's why the IR and red wavelengths used were chosen, so they would transmit all the way through the finger!) that there is absolutely no way they are capable of causing burns. There may be discomfort for the wearer after some hours due to it clamping down on the finger tip too tightly, but burns are impossible unless there is some kind of severe and gross malfunction of the device.
thank doc but i my exam there is question i don't know if my answer correct or not and i want to confirm for u please . patient have stroke and fibrillation he is in hospital and i give him anti platelets the next step what .he is hospital and he stable and he on anti platelets ? so i think of warfian and also cortiosteriod what you answer doc ?
Try to reverse the AF, if this is not possible give some form of anticoagulation therapy to prevent stroke. I don't see why you would want to use steroids.
NO one seems to address the way line reading and what that shows or means. Not all testers have this reading wavy line. Mine does.
I want to get one but i suffer from bad anxiety and scared to use it
So for normal healthy person 98% is normal? Or awe we to aim for 99?
I just ordered a Oximeter! - i have sleepapnea and just wanted something to keep track of the blood oxygen at times - i wonder when the level is dangerous/showing bad saturation? (what percentage) and i should contact my doctor?
I got my oximeter, and it shows average of 93/94, and i dont know the difference between the two waveforms it shows at the bottom of the display, maybe Dr.Campbell or anyone who knows could explain?
I believe it is a plethysmograph. Basically it shows the change in blood volume as your heart beats.
@@ian1352 aha! thanks!
Thanks Doctor
When it gives 2 readings like 96,95,which one we depend?
Thank you so much sir 💕
How do we clean the pulse oximeter?
I live at an altitude of a little over 1 mile high. What is a normal pulse oxygen level and at what leve should I get concerned if I have other symptoms of Covid-19? Thank you.
I've got the same question, having just changed location from sea level to 7,200' and seeing a drop from 94- 98 to 88-94.
Hi, Just a comment on current trends.I have some china pulsox for finger tips,lots around because of covid'
I have been getting some strange readings, so compared one to a NONIN finger pulse OX, at one point I had
43/96 on the import and 57/98 on the NONIN! (on the same hand!) SO, beware making clinical decisions
based on one reading OR one device. Just a comment...
Is the pulse meant to fluctuate
Great ifo. Still i wish you continued with the physiology of the respiratory system cz i have a test in 2 days :p
there is a full series on the respiratory system already posted with campbellteaching channel
@@Campbellteaching wow found it really thanks alot :) great way of discussion and almost all what i need .I we appreciate what you do :)
Hello Doctor John. I am quite concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic. IT is my feeling that here in the USA the hospitals will be overwhelmed. I understand that in the 2nd week or so of COVID19 patients may have a hard time breathing. I am not in the medical industry but am watching your video to figure out how to administer oxygen to a COVID19 patient should I or others in my home become one. My theory is that it might be best to buy an E cylinder of medical oxygen and have it ready in case the hospitals are full. My thinking was to have the oximeter and the oxygen here at home and on the ready if / when I or others iny care get COVID19 and have a problem breathing. Any thoughts on this idea would be well received on this side. Cheers, moviestudioland
I would try to run the flow rate of O2 at .5 liter per minute to make the E cylinder last 72 hours and watch the oximeter. I do realize from your lecture now that too much oxygen is not a good and safe thing either.
i am so scared to use this i am scared how it will feel like can sombody tell me how it feels like actually??
It does not affect the body at all. You will not feel anything at all.
Doesn't feel like anything
Ummmm, doesn’t your doctor do this in his office. It’s the same.
Mine is in the mid to low 80s and drops into the 70s and sometimes gets up into the low 90s. it seems to constantly change.
get it measured by a pro
That’s no good when it goes to 90 u should be in the hospital
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Wow
The worst devices with the black display if the sun is shining you don't see anything
Why put a patient with right heart failure on high fowlers
Not necessarily, it would depend on their oxygen sats, we would normally titrate to 94 - 98%
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Dear sir. How to interpret the respiratory waveform display. "The orange and blue waves" on your device?
I tried to understand it from Google search but failed.
Thank you
I use one of these meters at home and the wave forms become irregular with ectopic heartbeats, it also seems that they become softer looking and flatter with a lower pulse pressure. i.e. the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure - if that helps
@@DevonDandy Thanks
blood is red when exposed to the air
Thank you. My fingers tips hurt if I use it to long.
How does this compare to the one built into Samsung Galaxy phones
I found that very handy (Samsung edge) but haven't been able to use it for about a year. Apparently Samsung disabled that option due to legal concerns about the phone being used as a medical device..I always compared it with the finger device when I got a chance and found it accurate most of the time.
I watched a recent video saying that smartphone pulse oximeters are not accurate.
My finger cuff tells me anywhere from 80-93 with a pulse of 73-99 depending… what should I be looking for? It’s low I know… but is it I’m not breathing 😮💨 or what would be the problem? Lol holes in the lungs 🫁… like what they said… CT scan showed like I was shot with a shotgun.
Presumably this device would be a good tool for Covid-19 monitoring as well as a thermometer.
Yes when your lunges start to fill your oxygen level goes down these meters can get on line or Walmart for about 39.00$ I have one works great
This device is not very accurate huh? It should be less than 99% when you're talking, shouldn't it? I know mine is, and I have a pulseoximeter from Seagull-healthcare which has an precision of +/- 2% @ 70 - 100%....
Does it work on the penis? Medical question. Imagine a patient with no fingers.
it means you're bad at this workout, there are still toes
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No way his spo2 is 99%. That pulse ox must be off.
Really, when mine was being monitored in A & E it reached 100% and the practitioner said "that's what we like to see"
@@DevonDandy Same. I sometimes get 100% or 99%, but lately it's been down by 94% or 93%.
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Only dr should use it .
I disagree, when my son-in-law was unwell and had visited a doctor who made little of his condition, I checked his BP and his blood oxygen. His oxygen was 86. I asked him to phone the NHS line and report it and he was directed to Emergency outpatients right away - he was not taken seriously until they learned the home reading.