AB>Where we have found that Sa O2 readings to be most mistunderstood is
AB>with CHF patients in the early stages of failure. The medic would
AB>assess the patient with acute distress and reguard the Sa O2 level to
AB>be acceptable we in fact that is not the case.
Just another case of looking at a device, and not the patient.
Especially in failure, the patient can and often does just "look" a lot
worse than the equipment tells you they are.
Gary
þ CMPQwk 1.42 129 þRead the docs. Wow, what a radical concept!
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