How To Use Pulse Oximeter - Oxygen Advantage (2018)

In this video you will learn how to use a pulse oximeter and how does it work.

There's a small amount of oxygen that's dissolved directly in the blood because oxygen is insoluble in the blood, it has to be carried by something, so its carried by hemoglobin.

Hemoglobin are proteins within the red blood cells and each unit of hemoglobin carries about 4 units of oxygen.

Hemoglobin gives a red color when its saturated with oxygen and when its desaturated it gives a more purple color.

Patrick McKeown will demonstrate little pulse oximeter and its infrared light inside. To use a pulse oximeter you need to put your nail against the red light. The color of hemoglobin that's saturated with oxygen this is picking up on.

So basically the red light is to detect if your hemoglobin is saturated or desaturated.

Normal is 95-99%

If you have your pulse oximeter, the top breathing is the spo2 and that's the saturation of your peripheral arteries with oxygen.
The lower reading is your pulse rate.

Normal Breathing:
How fully loaded are the hemoglobin with oxygen they're almost fully saturated.

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[rickkan]

What models and or brands of oximeter is recommended to use when doing the breathing exercises in the oxygen advantage book?

[stevedonald]

There can be a slight increase in SpO2 from hyperventilation. However, as Patrick says, this is not because the hyperventilator has 'loaded up' O2 into her/his blood. It's because a lowering of PaCO2 (due to hyperventilation or 'big breaths') has depressed the Bohr Effect meaning less oxygen delivery to tissues. Less oxygen delivery to tissues means more oxygen remains bonded to hemoglobin. Also an increase in oxygen diffused in the blood (increased O2 pressure due to hyperventilation as Patrick says) will cause increased oxygen bonded to hemoglobin; see the hemoglobin saturation curve for the relationship between SpO2 and pressure of diffused O2 in the blood. But the Wim Hof claim that hyperventilation increases oxygen in the blood or cells is nonsense. Respiratory physiology doesn't work like that.

[jimj]

I got down to 69% SpO2 during 2 min breath holds following exhale.

[issy]

Sometimes my pi% stands still so does not go up and down, what does that mean?

[DoorDashers]

I got diagnosed with inappropriate sinus tachycardia cardiologist said its multiple sclerosis related. Neurologist said it's not multiple sclerosis related unbelieveable ..