Nurses play an absolutely crucial role in the overall medical realm. In many instances nurses have the first contact with the patients and are responsible for monitoring their health in order to ensure proper treatment. One of the
oximeter devices that nurses always turned to was a pulse oximeter. This device has been used in the hospital setting by those in the medical profession for years. However, what the health care professionals are used to are the bulky devices that could not be easily moved and did not allow for portability. The need was for portable pulse oximeter devices that could be taken with the individual wherever they desired to go in order to monitor their health on the go. The answer came in the form of new technology that allowed the device to go completely portable and thus enable individuals to monitor their vital signs whenever and wherever they wanted. The way that the modern pulse oximeter devices help nurses is that it allows them to easily move from one patient room to another without the worry of wires or cables. The new chip technology within the device allows it to be built significantly smaller than the previous generations whereby it is now small enough to fit in your pocket. So the health care professional simply puts it in their pocket or utilizes a lanyard and places it around their neck which will allow them to roam freely and take the measurements of patients quickly and easily. It has same features that these individuals are used to with the older devices but much smaller. The other added benefit is the fact that it is the fraction of the cost of the old models. So for the first time it has become completely affordable to have such a powerful health monitoring tool.
