SpO
2
Monitoring 8-1
Introduction
8
SpO
2
Monitoring
This chapter provides an introduction to the SpO
2
measurement and its
application. It includes the following sections:
•SpO
2
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
• Pulse Oximetry Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
• Selecting a SpO
2
Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
• Applying the Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
• Connecting the SpO
2
Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
•Measuring SpO
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
• Understanding SpO
2
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
• Optimizing SpO
2
Measurement Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22