Absolutely useless Gingernut
Lol, you sound like my wife !
Fair enough comment
Radgirl. We use them in primary care to affirm what we already know, I did once come across a young, athletic patient with a pulse ox reading of 78%. Which left me wondering what to do next.
A quick rub of acetone on her sparkly nail varnish soon brought it up to 98%
Did make me reflect on why on earth we do it in the first place though. I suspect, similar to clinical examination, the main purpose is to satisfy the patient, and the defence unions.Not sure about you,
In terms of affecting the management, then the story the patient tells us, is of most use :-)