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Jilly_in_VA

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3. I remember when pulse oximetry first came in

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Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:07 PM

Jul 2022

I was still a pretty new nurse and we could only use them in ICU at the time (which was where I worked). If someone out on the floor needed to check their patient they had to call us to come out there. We thought it was a marvel back then. Amazing how many things that were new then are now routine and/or needing replacement....

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When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 OP

I did not know this. Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #1

Ever heard of the racist soap dispenser or the racist faucets tulipsandroses Jul 2022 #6

Whoa. I had no clue. MontanaMama Jul 2022 #2

I remember when pulse oximetry first came in Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 #3

There is a Brown University student has a working solution for thst CentralMass Jul 2022 #4

Definitely so. But made even worse by very long fingernails, fake nails, and extreme manicures. hlthe2b Jul 2022 #5