Pulse Oxymeter ?

[Squidders]

Fair point, I guess I asked for that one I was wondering under what circumstances he would use it. Outdoors? Is he a first aider covering events?

I was personally looking for one because my 4 year old son has Asthma and his levels gradually declined before needing full treatment. This would give me notice if I needed to get him to a hospital. More importantly, and something overlooked by everyone on this thread, it would tell me that his levels were normal if he was showing similar symptoms that could be caused by something else.

 

[david1]

something overlooked by everyone on this thread, it would tell me that his levels were normal if he was showing similar symptoms that could be caused by something else.

not quite, I said "or give you more time to react to why your checking"

 

[mrcharly]

I was personally looking for one because my 4 year old son has Asthma and his levels gradually declined before needing full treatment. This would give me notice if I needed to get him to a hospital. More importantly, and something overlooked by everyone on this thread, it would tell me that his levels were normal if he was showing similar symptoms that could be caused by something else.

That does make sense, particularly with such a young child.

 

[Gimli]

You'd need a paediatric probe then, not an adult one. Peak flow will be much more useful to you that a sats monitor. Sats can't take 3 min to drop following a respiratory issue, peak flow will degrade much quicker and therefore alert you quicker. The problem with kids is that they compensate really well then suddenly crash. So you'll be monitoring the kid think all is OK then they go off suddenly. If the prescribed relief inhailer doesn't work with an expiratory wheeze then phone 999. Your kids condition will change with age so you have to evolve your knowledge along with it. I hope the wee guy is OK.

 

[Squidders]

He's fine now he has a preventer inhaler. After 2 years of hearing specialists and my GP tell me it was viral wheeze and that they don't like to diagnose asthma. At one point I had to sit a doctor down in the childrens ward and tell him to tell me again he doesn't like to diagnose asthma but replace the word "asthma" with the word "severed hand" and ask himself why he is a bad person.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

I was personally looking for one because my 4 year old son has Asthma and his levels gradually declined before needing full treatment. This would give me notice if I needed to get him to a hospital. More importantly, and something overlooked by everyone on this thread, it would tell me that his levels were normal if he was showing similar symptoms that could be caused by something else.

............. Aha, someone with a reason to use one.