PATIENT SAFETY

Pulse Oximetry

A clinical tutorial on the physiology of oxygen transport, the early detection of hypoxemia, and the operational principles and clinical limitations of pulse oximeters.
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  • 2 - 3 hours
  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert discussion

Course description 

Learn about pulse oximetry and how it can be used to improve patient care.
Reviewed by SURGhub, April 2024

This course is provided by:

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  • Specialty: Anaesthesia
  • Subspecialty: Perioperative Medicine
  • Level: Basic
  • Target audience:Healthcare providers taking care of patients in the pre-operative, intra-operative or post-operative care. Accessible to nurses and physicians alike.
  • Language: English
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Learning objectives

  • Define oxygen saturation (SpO2)
  • Understand physiology of oxygen transport to tissues
  • Define hypoxemia and understand the importance of early detection
  • Explain what a pulse oximeter is and how it works
  • Identify potential limitations that make some oximeters unsuitable for clinical care

Course structure 

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Lifebox is a global nonprofit organization founded to tackle the global crisis of unsafe surgery. By investing in tools, training, and partnerships, we address the critical gaps in surgical systems to make surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide. Lifebox focuses on three core areas - anesthesia safety, surgical teamwork, and reducing surgical infection - to save lives through safer surgery. To date Lifebox has worked in 116 countries and trained 12,000 healthcare providers - making 118 million surgeries safer. lifebox.org

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