[DougieB]

We take a 6 ft. length of clear suction tubing with a barrel connector and add blue food color dyed alcohol to about 3 ft of the tubing; connected together you can use it as a fluid level. It's cheap,easy to clean and hangs from the iv pole.

[mikebike]

After reading about using a laser to level hemodynamics, I went and bought a pen style red laser light at office depot and started using it on my unit. All the other nurses thought it was cool and I had a good time playing some practical jokes on them before showing them what I am using it for. It is much easier and quicker than using a yardstick type level. All you have to do is center it on the air- fluid interface, press the laser light button to turn it on, then move the transducer up or down until level. It only takes about 3 sec and shining the laser in your pts eyes is not an issue, plus the pts think it is cool also.

[traumarns]

wow, i am going to have to try the laser pointer as well.
we use the old bulky carpenter levels.

i did my internship in a different icu, they had the transducers that were attached to the pts arms.

do those of you who use those, have any problems with them.?
how about cost?

[Mmisbehavin]

I've seen an antenna with a bubble level at the end of it to level and use as a pointer to get to the screen. I think it's called a Levalign?? Not sure but the travel nurse that had it wouldn't let me get too close to it. Good luck

[zambezi]

We also use the expandable antenna with a bubble level in the middle. It seems to work well, though, we with everything, it does leave some area of intrepretation.

[CCL"Babe"]

We have laser levels in our lab. To be truthful, not many people use them. I don't remember which company we use. We were given them by the manufacterer when we switched companies. I'm thinking Baxter, but I'm not sure.