Every parent should have some basic health diagnostic equipment and understand how to use it.
This page will list some of those items with where they can be purchased. Also, video links on use and interpretation.
Diagnostic tools that I wish I'd known how to use when I was a young mom:
Pediatric Pulse oximter to check peripheral blood oxygen levels - check both hands - they should be within 1% of each other and should be 98-100% normally.
An ear thermometer can be helpful assessing if a child has a fever. Fevers are our way of building immune function so normally if a child is playing, eating, drinking, and eliminating, I take no action - per the American Academy of Pediatrics, fevers up to 104F flight infection, slows pathogens, increase blood cell soldiers, increase acute phase response, speed up recovery, protect the body & are not harmful. I do not like infrared thermometers meant to be pointed at foreheads. I do not want one pointed at my head & certainly would not want one pointed at my child.
Notice: there are affiliate links on this page. I have to say that, but you do not have to buy these items. SOme can be purchased locally & I'm actually a huge fan of keeping your spend in your own neighborhood supporting your local businesses.
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