During a 10:30 a.m. dental, my pulse ox alarm decided to duet with the scaler right as I titrated iso from 1.3 to 1.1 — MAP steady at 72, ETCO2 38, HR 92, patient warm and blissfully stable. Does anyone else get a musical number from their monitors exactly when you’re calmly following protocol and tweaking in 0.1% steps?
I get the same “duet with the scaler.” I set the pulse ox to slow averaging (8–12 s) during scaling so 0.1% tweaks don’t trigger phantom alarms, then switch it back after — MAP 72 and ETCO2 38 carry me through the 10:30 a.m. dental noise. Does your unit have a slow-avg option?
I park the SpO2 probe on the ear pinna and wrap the cable with a little VetWrap during dentals so the scaler’s buzz doesn’t make the pleth go jazz-hands. If your monitor has Masimo, a short SatSeconds delay works too — just switch it back after the mouth is quiet. Curious what site you’re clipping, @toothtechVT?