Oximeter's

On 11/23/2005 4:00 PM, Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Kyler Laird wrote:
And before I got the oximiter there was the time that I almost passed out
because I didn't notice my cannula had slipped while I was relieving myself
over the Rockies...


If I had to guess, I'd say there was a good chance everybody else on that flight
came close to passing out when you relieved yourself over the Rockies.


.... not to mention the poor folks on the ground!

;-)


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA

Kyler Laird writes:


I reduced my wife's oxygen flow (because she was just resting anyway) but
when we crossed the Mississippi and she couldn't think of the word "barge" I
stuck her finger in the oximeter. She wasn't terribly low but she was lower
than usual so we increased her flow a bit.

Ed Gauss, the Alaska bush pilot, had another approach. His wife
would fall asleep without O2, and he liked the company. So she'd
play the harmonica -- that raised her respiration and kept them
both alert...
--
A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

It don't matter How High you are our having any health issues. One can
experience Hypoxia at lower altitudes it all depends on a number of factors
air density, food intake, sleep, dehydration, ect.


"RomeoMike" wrote in message
...
Assuming that you don't have health issues that would make your
hemoglobin less saturated with oxygen at altitude than normal, and
assuming that you don't intend to challenge FARs pertaining to the use
of oxygen, what do you see as the value of carrying an oximeter?

NW_PILOT wrote:
Why Are Oximeter's So Expensive? I was thinking of adding one to my
flight
bag but at over $200.00 I am giving it a second thought.

Steven,

I agree. However, it one is in good health, don't smoke, go through
the IMSAFE checklist before every flight, hypoxia risk at low altitudes
should be quite minimum. BTW, for us, the E part is very important ;-)
we always pack plenty of food and water for any flights short or long.

It's the same issue with the risk of getting the bend while diving.
I had witnessed two cases of so-called 'undeserved hit' where the
divers did not violate any safety rules and did not do any
decompression dives. In one case, the diver was on a diet (on a
liveaboard with 5 dives a day) and had a sunbath right after a dive.
Another case, the guy stayed up late bar hopping the night before.
Both divers had sophisticated dive computers monitoring their N2 levels
etc.. but good equipment can't help with poor health condition.

Hai Longworth