On or about 01-20-97, Lillian Ackley wrote this to Mhs:jim Jeffcoat:
 
 LA> My name is Larry Boughton. I'm a Paramedic in New York State.
 LA> In Pts with COPD medics use the pulse ox.  Well the Answer to this
 LA> question is treat the pt not the monitor.
 
I agree fully with that premise.  People are spending far too much time
these days looking at the machines instead of the patient.
 
If a monitor is going to be used, however, it is good to use it
appropriately.
 
 
Jim Jeffcoat, RRT
                                jim.jeffcoat@healthmidwest.org
                                http://www.healthmidwest.org
 
JEJ                             jim.jeffcoat@healthmidwest.org
                                http://www.healthmidwest.org
 
... Why is common sense so uncommon?
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