The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

euronorris

Very familiar with the peak flow meter. My asthma growing up was pretty bad. I've never managed a reading above 470. My eldest brother tried one day and it hit the other end. I still can't fathom how he can do that!

Onebrokelady

markin said:

Onebrokelady said:

markin said:

After seeing a pulse oxygen meter (Pulse oximetry) on Dr johns videos i did buy one. knowing if your oxygen in the blood has drop below 90 you will know its time to call someone, and not just a bad cold or Flu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMiSUfZtyU

This one also has PI% which seems to be the strength of the pulse.

£23

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BPJT7RM/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07BPJT7RM&pd_rd_w=TcYHK&pf_rd_p=f7d8b8a0-45de-4093-9f0d-ac0a766b3dcb&pd_rd_wg=FNgmn&pf_rd_r=WYFZW39DK1S1XCJ2T93B&pd_rd_r=0ee516a1-313d-45c2-aa03-ead5c73e80a3&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExWjBKR1hTOFAyWEdRJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDMxNDY4MVU3Mkw4QldMQVdYRiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjMxODQ5MldOVUs2N0oyTUEzSSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

If your sats have dropped below 90% you probably won't need a pulse oximeter to tell you you need help, you will be feeling pretty rough by then 😊 I would invest in a decent thermometer though 

95-100% is normal, But i think i heard 90 is the point where you need help. I just think it would be a good idea to know for sure and take the guess work out of it.  What is you have the flue and go to hospital or the doctor's and end up catching COVID-19

"Coronavirus patients are told to recover at HOME: People who have just mild symptoms will not be hospitalised as at least 45 people with the virus are already treating themselves in self-isolation with daily phone calls from health officials"

The coronavirus causes a disease called COVID-19, which has symptoms similar to flu – a fever, cough and breathing difficulties.

Most people recover from it with no lasting problems, while a small proportion may develop more serious infections or pneumonia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8079763/UK-coronavirus-patients-no-longer-admitted-hospital.html

Anything over 95% is normal, working with patients who have sats under 90% has shown me that you would definitely be aware that something was wrong, also from a personal point of view I had a chest infection last year and my sats went down to 93% and I could tell I was having problems,I didn't end up in hospital,I was given an inhaler and anti biotics by my gp

The result will also vary if you have bad circulation to your extremities or if you have cold hands,smoke, have underlying heart problems or other health problems that affect tour circulation 

You could have a very nasty virus causing all sorts of symptoms but have no fever, I think this virus always presents with a fever so I reckon a thermometer is more use that a sats monitor

Ive had a nasty virus for about three weeks now but no feverand I'm not high risk so I have  presumed it's just a winter virus and carried on as normal including going to work ( I work for the NHS and they don't look kindly on you taking time off unless you are actually dying and even then you need proof )

By all means if it reassures you to have this equipment go for it but I'm just saying you probably don't need it and I worry about people trying to make money out of a bad situation 

Onebrokelady

pineapple said:

I've just come out of hospital after being re-admitted due to a massive blood loss following a gallstone procedure. I couldn't breathe and needed an emergency blood transfusion in Resus. But I do have a lung condition anyway and have an oximeter as standard.   Discharged with a cold - patients coughing all around me. Hospital can be a bad place to be when you are poorly! But it was doubly worrying to hear that one hospital has been put in lockdown. Plus a staff member at the hospital I was in has tested positive after returning from Italy. Fortunately they hadn't got round to returning to work. Re temperatures, I normally run on cool and with me, anything over 37 constitutes a temperature. Think I'm going to get myself an ear thermometer.  

I would be wary of ear thermometers too,we tried them at work and they weren't very reliable, I would go for one that can go in your mouth 

3secondmemory

Onebrokelady said:

markin said:

Onebrokelady said:

markin said:

After seeing a pulse oxygen meter (Pulse oximetry) on Dr johns videos i did buy one. knowing if your oxygen in the blood has drop below 90 you will know its time to call someone, and not just a bad cold or Flu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyMiSUfZtyU

This one also has PI% which seems to be the strength of the pulse.

£23

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BPJT7RM/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07BPJT7RM&pd_rd_w=TcYHK&pf_rd_p=f7d8b8a0-45de-4093-9f0d-ac0a766b3dcb&pd_rd_wg=FNgmn&pf_rd_r=WYFZW39DK1S1XCJ2T93B&pd_rd_r=0ee516a1-313d-45c2-aa03-ead5c73e80a3&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExWjBKR1hTOFAyWEdRJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDMxNDY4MVU3Mkw4QldMQVdYRiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjMxODQ5MldOVUs2N0oyTUEzSSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

If your sats have dropped below 90% you probably won't need a pulse oximeter to tell you you need help, you will be feeling pretty rough by then 😊 I would invest in a decent thermometer though 

95-100% is normal, But i think i heard 90 is the point where you need help. I just think it would be a good idea to know for sure and take the guess work out of it.  What is you have the flue and go to hospital or the doctor's and end up catching COVID-19

"Coronavirus patients are told to recover at HOME: People who have just mild symptoms will not be hospitalised as at least 45 people with the virus are already treating themselves in self-isolation with daily phone calls from health officials"

The coronavirus causes a disease called COVID-19, which has symptoms similar to flu – a fever, cough and breathing difficulties.

Most people recover from it with no lasting problems, while a small proportion may develop more serious infections or pneumonia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8079763/UK-coronavirus-patients-no-longer-admitted-hospital.html

Anything over 95% is normal, working with patients who have sats under 90% has shown me that you would definitely be aware that something was wrong, also from a personal point of view I had a chest infection last year and my sats went down to 93% and I could tell I was having problems,I didn't end up in hospital,I was given an inhaler and anti biotics by my gp

The result will also vary if you have bad circulation to your extremities or if you have cold hands,smoke, have underlying heart problems or other health problems that affect tour circulation 

You could have a very nasty virus causing all sorts of symptoms but have no fever, I think this virus always presents with a fever so I reckon a thermometer is more use that a sats monitor

Ive had a nasty virus for about three weeks now but no feverand I'm not high risk so I have  presumed it's just a winter virus and carried on as normal including going to work ( I work for the NHS and they don't look kindly on you taking time off unless you are actually dying and even then you need proof )

By all means if it reassures you to have this equipment go for it but I'm just saying you probably don't need it and I worry about people trying to make money out of a bad situation 

I did consider buying a pulse ox after my episode last year, but the other thought that I had was what else could I do to improve my health and long function. 

I did attempt to join a choir but, being a German phobic anyway, I wasn’t that happy so now I do vocal warm-ups every day, as recommended through a link on the British Lung Association website. Loads of tips if you search.

I saved £20 by not buying one and moving the table to one side in the sitting room, I do a little workout. When I had my lung function test a couple of weeks ago, she said my lungs were ‘good’. 

I take my temperature, not because I’m hot hypochondriac but because it saves me money long term on Kidney testing strips! Lower impact.

C_J

I’m asthmatic too, although thankfully it has been well controlled for many years now. I use a power breathe, which is a resistance training device to help improve lung function (although an MSE version of blowing up several balloons every day would probably have a similar effect!). I’ve found it very helpful.

welshbabe88

I did attempt to join a choir but, being a German phobic anyway, I wasn’t that happy so now I do vocal warm-ups every day, as recommended through a link on the British Lung Association website. Loads of tips if you search.

You made me smile - I'm sure you meant Germ not German! We can do with light relief today.

unrecordings

welshbabe88 said:

I did attempt to join a choir but, being a German phobic anyway, I wasn’t that happy so now I do vocal warm-ups every day, as recommended through a link on the British Lung Association website. Loads of tips if you search.

You made me smile - I'm sure you meant Germ not German! We can do with light relief today.

Reminds me of Henning Wehn, always makes me smile

markin

Zentimes said:

markin said:

"Coronavirus patients are told to recover at HOME: People who have just mild symptoms will not be hospitalised as at least 45 people with the virus are already treating themselves in self-isolation with daily phone calls from health officials"

Thanks for that, markin, I've been wondering how they're handling the milder cases.

Trouble with that idea though is that soon the phones will be jammed full, so as soon as it looks like its not mild you won't be getting any answer on 111 or 999,  And even in 'good times' people are left in the road for 5+Hrs waiting for the ambulance.

Onebrokelady

This might not be politically correct but we call germs germans in our house because when my daughter was little that's what she called germs and we found it funny,we try not to say it in company so as not to offend 😊

jk0

Ha. That reminds me of my sister. When she was little, we lived abroad and had a coloured cleaner, and they were very fond of each other. My sister couldn't say her name, and called her 'Cuckoo'.

About a year later we were waiting in the dentist's waiting room back in the UK, and my 3 year old sister saw a black guy waiting. She went over to talk to him, and the first thing she said was 'You're a Cuckoo!' Thank God the guy had no idea what she was talking about.