article thumbnail

RFK RECOMMENDS WEARABLES FOR ALL. WHERE’S THE DATA?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Blood oxygen level. The blood oxygen level, or oxygen saturation level, is equivalent to what a pulse oximeter measures in the operating room. Health Utility Assessment: A valuable feature, but you’d need to suspect an arrythmia before you choose to activate this technology.

article thumbnail

ROBOT ANESTHESIA II

The Anesthesia Consultant

In addition to monitoring the patient’s EEG level of consciousness (via a BIS monitor device called NeuroSENSE), this new device monitors traditional vital signs such as blood oxygen levels, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, to determine how much anesthesia to deliver.

article thumbnail

DO DOCTORS EVER RIDE IN AMBULANCES?

The Anesthesia Consultant

But when surgery or anesthesia leads to an acute event at a site distant from a hospital, the anesthesiologist involved in that patient’s care is responsible for that patient’s safety and for the ongoing care and resuscitation.

article thumbnail

ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA 

The Anesthesia Consultant

In addition to the BIS monitor, the iControl-RP monitored the vital signs of blood oxygen level, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure to determine how much anesthesia to deliver.

article thumbnail

CORONAVIRUS AND THE SOFA SCORE

The Anesthesia Consultant

The SOFA respiratory score is based on the ratio of: your blood oxygen level (PaO2) divided by the percentage of oxygen that you’re breathing. Right now your blood oxygen level is approximately 90 mm Hg, and the percentage of oxygen in room air that you are breathing is 21%, or 0.21

article thumbnail

AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE WITH ONE FINGER

The Anesthesia Consultant

He was receiving propofol without an anesthesia professional to monitor his airway, breathing, and oxygen saturation. Untreated total airway obstruction can lead to plummeting blood oxygen levels in minutes. Irreversible hypoxic brain damage can occur if there is a lack of oxygen to the brain for as little as 5 minutes.

article thumbnail

WAS JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA’S DEATH FROM OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA?

The Anesthesia Consultant

If this airway obstruction is not remedied, the oxygen saturation will drop below a safe level of 90%. At these low blood oxygen levels, the brain and heart will be deprived of necessary oxygen. A prolonged low blood oxygen level can lead to life threatening cardiac dysrhythmias or a cardiac arrest.