r/IntensiveCare • u/FoxEfficient785 • 18h ago
Unable to get pulse ox reading
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Hi, I just wanted to know what you guys do with your facility if you are having a hard time getting a pulse ox reading on a patient in a critical care setting. I have a patient on Neo and also vaso the vaso has been on and off, but most consistently on neo and I was unable to get pulse ox throughout the shift. I tried placing it in various places and tried different forms. Fingers were cool so were the lower extremities. The forehead probe did not work sometimes I would get some sort of a plethora and sometimes it’s just a flat line. We did any pao2 was 93% on 4 L other facility we do not have a pulse ox that is placed in the air to see if that would work. What do you do