Does it give you a better reading or something?
2007-02-04 02:48:42 · 2 answers · asked by ~splood_5~ 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Don't know exactly what you mean. Monitors aren't in fluid in any way. A swan-ganz catheter is hooked up to saline and a transducer. Is that what you mean. There has to be fluid in it so no air gets to your pulmonary artery, and you need a closed system so you can get accurate pressure readings between your system and the transducer. Heart rate monitors have no saline, at least from what I've seen.
2007-02-04 04:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by nickname 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work with patients on heart monitors every day and there is no saline solutions except for if they happen to be getting iv fluids! Sorry, not sure what you're talking about.
2007-02-08 09:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by Stephanie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋