Dear Jim: We've been using rectal probes to monitor hypothermia victims for many years now. I can remember teaching classes in the early 80's where we were using them. It's very difficult for a medic to monitor a patient during evacuation. Having a rectal probe in situ, with the monitor up near the head of the litter, at least covers one aspect of vital signs, and when dealing with hypothermia, it's really essential.
Back about 1983, I built some modems which allowed us to run from cardiac leads on the patient into either a hand-held or a phone line (in cave rescue, army field phones are commonly used), and I once demonstrated how the patient's cardiac rhythm could be fed from inside a cave (Bowden Cave, near Elkins, WV) over field phone wire to the entrance of the cave, then coupled to an HF rig, and sent to Sunnybrook Medical Centre here in Toronto, so that an ER doc could radio back his findings and advice. Best Wishes, Bernie VE3OTR On 9 Sep 2009 at 14:30, Jim Tolbert wrote: > The next "accessory" will be the rectal probe.... watch out! > > James Ewen wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Scott Miller<[email protected] > > <mailto:scott%40opentrac.org>> wrote: > > > > > I'm testing it with a Nonin ipod model 3212. It's a headless unit, no > > > display - just the finger clip with integrated electronics and a serial > > > cable. > > > > I can hear the howling on the APRSSIG already... those who were > > squawking about people being able to track other's movements in real > > time, robbing their homes, etc... now you're going to be not only > > tracking location, but also heart rate and pulse-ox! > > > > Big Brother is here! The end of the world is nigh! > > > > What's next, urine output? 8) > > > > James > > VE6SRV > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
