A hospice is a special care facility that is designed to provide emotional, social and spiritual impact on the patients and the friends and families of the patients. There are many hospice facilities in the United States. Many hospice facilities are responsible for accurate readings of oxygen saturation level.
Many nurses now use what is called a finger pulse oximeter for many patients who have respiratory, cardiac, COPD and many more illnesses. The nurses receive an accurate reading of the percentage of oxygen saturation in the blood. It is easy to easy on non cooperative patients and very easy to carry.
Many hospices in the area purchase an oximeter for each patient. The nurses at the hospices call the pulse oximeter a "silent tool". The oximeter is a battery operated device that works silently on patients and provides reassurance in the easiest and most pleasant way.
As the hospice care facility assist with comfort, counseling and care for people who face life-limiting illnesses, the pulse oximeter can assist with daily monitoring of the blood oxygen saturation level. The pulse ox is portable and can be used at all times for monitoring.
The PC-68B is a digital sleep unit wrist oximeter that provides spot check measurements of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin. This oximeter is widely wide used by hospice care facilities. It contains a 72 hour data storage and optional data management for storage onto computers. Many nurses prefer this oximeter since it can be used for patients during daily activities or while sleeping.
Nurses absolutely love the PC-68B since it is their "silent tool". During a long day dealing with un cooperative patients, this pulse oximeter comes in handy since it is portable, battery operated and accurately measures the pulse rate and the SPO2 while their patient is sleeping.