Question

Oxygenation assessment is ongoing. In older children and adults, the nurse can easily assess respiratory status in response to play or other activity. How can this ongoing assessment be carried out in an infant?

Answer 1

Constant evaluation of oxygenation is essential for infant and the best method of assessing infants oxygenation is through pulse oximetry.It is a non invasive method that registers the oxygen saturation of the infants hemoglobin.The reading from this helps to determine whether the infants need oxygen or not. A sensor is placed on infants finger,toe ,earlobe to mesure the oxygen saturatuion ,which then displaye on the monitor.Maintain a tansducer at the heart level.Donot select the extremity with an impediment to blood flow.The normal value is 96% to 100%.