Nellcor™ pulse oximetry overview pt 3: The technical fundamentals of pulse oximetry

For this segment, we will learn how pulse oximetry uses near infrared light to detect the cardiac induced pulsatile signal of arterial blood and then measures the percentage of oxygenated hemoglobin in arterial blood.

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The MedEd Learning Experience podcast is a weekly podcast series that provides brief, interview-style discussions with clinical experts and is designed to teach safe and effective use of different therapies in patient monitoring and respiratory interventions. The podcast will feature discussions on anesthesia and brain monitoring, unplanned extubation in the NICU, routine intubation with video laryngoscopy, challenges in the NICU, the value of NIRS in clinical practice in the NICU, non-invasive and invasive ventilation in the NICU, and more.