'Horrifying' Problem With Pulse Oximeters Could Cost You Your Life—What All Patients Must Know

Forbes writer Amy Feldman joins "Forbes Talks" to discuss the disturbing truth about pulse oximeters giving dangerously inaccurate information about patients with darker skin.

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[adamludwick]

0:36 -- the moment I stopped listening

[as_the_turntables]

This is q commonly known issue with pulse oximeter technology. It's not racist... What a strange piece.

[WhatsOnMyShelf]

I'd like journalists to have a wider vocabulary. Straining everything through the lens of racism is callous to everyone and surely can leave you disappointed in everyone, if you think 'they're out to get you'. The device configuration has an oversight. The oversight has been brought to the attention of the necessary parties, in order to address it. Talk to your elders. This racial industrial complex is a racket and also such a low intellectual crutch. You can do better. You're supposed to inspire and enlighten us.