20 min
The RAD-57... Not Your Grandma's Pulse Ox! The Clinical Concepts Podcast
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- Medicine
On a daily basis, EMS clinicians utilize pulse oximetry to measure the percentage of hemoglobin bound to oxygen when evaluating respiratory adequacy, But have you ever had a need to measure a patient's carboxyhemoglobin? If you needed to, could you? More importantly, could you apply those readings to implement valuable clinical practice? Lets figure it out together! In this episode we explore the RAD-57 device to ensure proficiency the next time you encounter a patient who is actively obscuri...
On a daily basis, EMS clinicians utilize pulse oximetry to measure the percentage of hemoglobin bound to oxygen when evaluating respiratory adequacy, But have you ever had a need to measure a patient's carboxyhemoglobin? If you needed to, could you? More importantly, could you apply those readings to implement valuable clinical practice? Lets figure it out together! In this episode we explore the RAD-57 device to ensure proficiency the next time you encounter a patient who is actively obscuri...
20 min