Technical Information
Equipment Response Time
SpO
Standard/Fast Averaged SpO
Extended Averaged SpO
Pulse Rate Values
Standard/Fast Averaged Pulse Rate
Extended Averaged Pulse Rate
Example - SpO
SpO
decreases 0.75% per second (7.5% over 10 seconds)
2
Pulse Rate = 75 BPM
Specific to this example:
• The response of the 4-beat average is 1.5 seconds.
• The response of the 8-beat average is 3 seconds.
Values
2
2
2
Exponential Averaging
2
Average
4 beat exponential
8 beat exponential
Response
4 beat exponential
8 beat exponential
Latency
2 beats
2 beats
Latency
2 beats
2 beats
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