Why A Pulse Oximeter

We now have many devices that we can use to monitor our health, our temperature, our blood pressure and now our oxygen saturation.

Why Use A Pulse Oximeter?

 It seems that the higher the standard of living the greater the health problems afflicting our society. In countries with low standards of living the age old illnesses and diseases are prevalent, but in our societies the last few decades have brought forth a series of illnesses that our grand parents were hardly aware of.

On of these diseases, affecting millions of Americans is COPD, which is affecting the respiratory functions of an important part of our population.

The health of Americans is on the decline, and the result does not look very promising. The rate at which more and more people are diagnosed with different diseases is, is alarming. Too many of these diseases are related to both cardiac and respiratory systems.

What began as an epidemic for adults only leaked into a problem that spans the ages. We can now easily observe many children suffering from heart disease and / or respiratory disease caused by poor diet and physical inactivity. There are people out there who to blame these problems on society and our dependence on technology. Smoking being one of the prime culprits.

Our standards of living, and more importantly our feeding and exercising practices have much to do with it. What we breathe (pollution, tobacco smoke) doesn´t help very much either. You can blame the Internet, television and video games. And you are correct, but that's not the whole reason for the problem. Most of the resulting health problems can be linked back to the habits of our modern society. Fast food and convenience have led both children and adults to become less active.

Due to the declining health of the country it is essential to be able to monitor our health regularly.

Years back we could monitor our temperature, then came the portable blood pressure monitor, as well as glucose monitors.

Now we have the pulse oximeter (and you can even find a used pulse oximeter).

A pulse oximeter, also known as a pulse-Ox by some medical professionals, is a medical device that is used to measure the blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate of individuals.

The traditional pulse oximeter was a bulky tabletop unit that was and is used in clinical settings.

New technology has allowed for the pulse oximeter to shrink to a size smaller than your average mobile phone shrink. Although the size has come down, its precision levels are still very high. A new finger oximeter is mobile and has the ability to provide vital readings within seconds.

Medical cabinet at home should now contain an oximeter.