<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We’ve had two life-threatening incidents, one trekking in Nepal and the other in a remote part of Sri Lanka, where the availability of a pulse oximeter made all the difference. We now routinely check our oxygenation with one.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ed<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 23, 2020, at 6:32 PM, Roger Critchlow <<a href="mailto:rec@elf.org" class="">rec@elf.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I found it credible. We're adding a pulse oximeter to the kit.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There was another report, <a href="https://meaww.com/six-austrian-divers-permanently-damaged-lungs-recovery-mild-coronavirus-covid-19" class="">https://meaww.com/six-austrian-divers-permanently-damaged-lungs-recovery-mild-coronavirus-covid-19</a>. scuba divers recovered from mild covid infection and ended up with lungs so damaged that it is not safe for them to dive anymore. So many people with less demanding pastimes may be in a similar way but not manifesting the problem, though a dive safety exam would turn it up, and maybe a pulse oximeter, too.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wonder if any of those cell phone pulsimeters could be upgraded to oximeters with some calibration?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- rec --</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 5:32 PM Merle Lefkoff <<a href="mailto:merlelefkoff@gmail.com" class="">merlelefkoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Has the list read this article in the NYTimes. What's your take?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html?smid=em-share" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank" class="">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html?smid=em-share</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.<br class="">President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy<br class=""><a href="http://emergentdiplomacy.org/" target="_blank" class="">emergentdiplomacy.org</a></div><div class="">Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA</div><div class=""></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:merlelefoff@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">merlelefkoff@gmail.com</a><br class="">mobile: (303) 859-5609<br class="">skype: merle.lelfkoff2<br class=""></div><div class="">twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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