Lucymeow
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The patient was not moving. The O2 sensor was on the patients forehead, then I moved it to the patient's ear. It was recieving an accurate reading but I was wondering why the difference in amplitude with inspiration/expiration.
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Hey TopKAt. I happen to agree that Neuro patients seem to have a distinctly odiferous smell to them. I don't think it has anything to do w/ poor oral care or the use of meds such as mannitol. In my ICU they use mannitol and IRP on septic patients and they do not seem to develop the unique smell of "neuro breath".
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Hello, I'm new to ICU nursing. Last night I took care of a patient with an O2 pleth wave that corresponded well with the ECG/HR leads but "wandered" up and down with the patients inspirations/expirations. The patient was on pressure control ventilation. Would this cause a "wandering" pleth wave? What would?