Oxygen Monitor

A home oxygen monitor can be used for various applications. They are used on preemies and infants at high risk for respiratory problems and/or arrest. They can be used for adults who experience sleep apnea or chronic lung disease. They are also used for people who require supplemental oxygen therapy.

The home oxygen monitors are portable and easy to use. The pulse oxygen monitor is a transcutaneous oxygen monitoring system. The system is completely non invasive. The personal oxygen monitor attaches to the user via a reader that clips over the end of your finger or ear.

The personal oxygen monitor will read the amount of oxygen that is circulating in the tissues and report it as a percentage on the monitor. Most healthy adults will average between 95% - 100% oxygenation. You set the pulse oxygen monitoring system to a specific percentage reading. If the person's reading falls below that limit the alarm will sound.
When the alarm of the transcutaneous oxygen monitor sounds it either wakes up the person who is uses it or prompts another person to check on the person being monitored. So parents of children at risk will know before a child stops breathing that something has caused the circulating oxygen levels to drop. Sometimes this is as simple as the reader has fallen off .

The personal home oxygen monitor can also measure pulse rates. The same preset alarms and readers are used. The pulse is measured in beats per minute. Again the alarm sounds if the rate drops below or above a preset level. The most widely used application for the pulse readers are on preemies and infants.

The home oxygen monitor can be a valuable tool that brings a little more peace of mind to those caring for infants or adults that have a need to monitor their oxygen levels. The costs of a monitor are dependent on the specific functions that it provides. The average portable home oxygen monitor that clips over your finger and provides oxygen saturation as well as pulse but has no audible alarms costs around $150. The average portable home oxygen monitor with the above as well as audible alarms starts at around $225 and goes up from that price point. The portable home oxygen monitor is a quick, easy and fairly inexpensive tool. The results of using one can be life altering.

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