medical equipment?

Question

whats the machine in the operating theatre/hospitals, that bleeps occasionally in increasing key bleeps, like the tone goes up. its like 4 blips. hear it all the time on trauma, and casualty, and i heard it before i was given GA and sent off to sleep for surgery. its always bothered me. can someone answer?

nooo not the ecg, not the constent beep beep beep of your heart rate

anotehrone that does 4 beeps, one after another, each increasing in tone, it goes up.

i dont think its life support as its used in general operating theatres.

could it be something to do with anesthetic?

Answer 1

It's the pulse oximeter, one of the monitors we use in anesthesia. It's connected ot the clip they put on your finger.

The clip shines two wavelengths of red light through your finger, and a sensor picks up how much was absorbed. That corresponds to the color of your blood. The more red it is, the more oxygen is in it. It displays a number that shows us the percent of oxygen saturation of your hemoglobin, so we know whether or not you're getting enough oxygen.

The tone of beep corresponds to the number. As the saturation drops, so does the tone. We can know what your sat is just by listening. If we're busy doing something else, we are easily alerted to a dropping saturation. Anesthesiologists are very tuned in to that beep.

We can also hear if the heartbeat is irregular, and then will look at the EKG to see what's going on.

It's the most important monitor we have, after our own eyes and ears and brain.

Here is a picture of one. On this monitor, the top tracing is the EKG, and the bumps below it are the pulse ox tracing. The "98" is the saturation (98% is good) and the "88" is the heart rate.
http://www.medicalplus-vet.com/PicBank/V3404-1.jpg

Answer 2

It's a life support machine that monitors heart beat and pulse. Health professionals are taught to listen to the patterns of beeps to know when the cardio system is functioning correctly or if it is not.

Answer 3

Haha! I know the sound you mean...i cant picture it in my head and hear it...it goes up in tone doesnt it?
I think it is your blood pressure levels....not certain tho, just casting an idea!
I always wondered that too actually....

Answer 4

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Answer 5

its what tells you about your heart beating and heart rate