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I tried both types of probes on various places. It just seemed crazy with the speed of the fluctuations. The whole story would be to much to tell. The patient had come back from a new jet thrombosis procedure so I was concerned about a PE. The BP held semi-steady 120/80 , but the patient has a pacemaker. This went on for an hour and half. The event self rectified. I had other nurses involved and everyone seemed perplexed. To me it is so important to be able to see what the various results are going to be before they happen so you might plan accordingly as the incident unfolds. Just thought I would throw the question out and see what others had to say, Thanks

My question to the community is in regards to O2 saturation monitoring. I am a brand new nurse and have nothing to draw from except my peers. I had a patient whose O2 level dropped signify after coming back to the room from a procedure. The monitor for O2 reads in a blue number when there is a good connection for the finger clip. In this case the monitor started to read a huge variation in the O2 stat 90-50, up and down sometimes with a loss of number and the back round was red. I moved the clip to both hands then got a et” O2 for his earlobe. Tried both lobes and his fingers again….even his toes. Tried a separate hand held machine. I also tried to use blankets to warm his extremities with blankets. I was told by more experienced nurses that the lack of pickup” was caused by his drop in temperature which went as low as 97.3. Any thought or tricks of the trade to help me keep a better O2 sat when I really needed it. It's hard to call a doctor with a situation report and not be able to give an accurate O2 level.