Using a Pulse Oximeter: What Your Pulmonologist Wants You To Know

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   SezzaK Member

   <p>So how come doctors don’t know this. How come doctors in the ER don’t know this? How come I’ve always been kicked out of ER just because my stats look fine? So over it. When I was having a sever attack thanks to covid there was no way I wanted to go to hospital. They never cared before. They clearly don’t understand asthma </p>

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      John Bottrell, RRT Moderator & Contributor

      <p><inline-mention username="SezzaK" user-id="8873730"/> Thank you for bringing this up. It is a very good question for this community, as many of us here have had doctors tell us our SATs are fine so we must not be short of breath. Based on my own experience, it even made my list of things not to say to asthmatics (<a href='https://asthma.net/living/ten-more-things-not-to-say-to-someone-living-with-asthma' target='_blank'>https://asthma.net/living/ten-more-things-not-to-say-to-someone-living-with-asthma</a>). You would think that any doctor who takes care of asthmatics should know that feeling short of breath is subjective, and does not always correlate with a pulse oximeter, as Christy noted in her video. And I&#39;m sorry to hear that you&#39;ve been kicked out of the ER because your SATs look fine? What did you do when this happened? Did you file a complaint? John. community moderator. </p>

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