The Thing On Your Finger.

[Barsel]

What is the name of the thing that the doctor clips onto your finger called? I think one of the things it measures is oxygen but don't know what the other bit is for. Thanks in advance.

[pixie374]

Oximeter

[-SharonA-]

Pulse?!

[alavahalf]

A pulse oximetry ..!

[Old_Geezer]

His lips ?

[Buenchico]

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[Barsel]

Thanks guys, just had that done at the GP's earlier as I've had a cold/cough for almost 4 weeks so she said I have a temperature, she listened to my chest and put one of these things on my finger and I saw it said 99 (oxygen levels) which was fine, but didn't see what the top figure was and I don't know what that measures anyway but then she said I need antibiotics and I've to go back next week. So is the other one your pulse rate and does that have a ball park figure?

[Barsel]

O_G go and cool down! It was a lady doctor. lol.

[Buenchico]

>>> So is the other one your pulse rate and does that have a ball park figure?

The typical average resting pulse rate for an adult is usually given as being around 80 beats per minute. (That's the compression rate that a first-aider giving CPR would aim at). More detail here:
https://d2ebzu6go672f3.cloudfront.net/media/content/images/average-heart-rate.png