Lucymeow

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 ventilati...

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.

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...