Portable oxygen meter. I explain why it is needed for older people

Greetings to readers and subscribers of my channel! At the beginning, I will tell you about the situation with the smoke in the air in Siberia, and then you will understand how this is related to the title of the article.

Probably, these days almost all residents of Eastern Siberia felt the consequences of forest fires in Yakutia and the Irkutsk region. This happens in regions where it is difficult for technicians and people to extinguish them. In 2019 there was a similar situation in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Then they even attracted the IL-76 planes of the Ministry of Defense (they dumped water on the fires).

During these days, an east wind was established and all the smoke was carried to the west, where millions of people already live. An acquaintance from Yekaterinburg wrote and said that even they had smog.

Why the fires were not extinguished when they just started - there are many explanations. No funds, remoteness of hearths, dry summers without rains. Judging by the weather, the heat in Yakutia began almost in May.

This is data on PM2.5 particles from the site www.ventusky.com Smoke contains unburned particles, soot. This is recorded by satellites and shown by this model on the weather website. But the situation is much worse with the content of carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere around the centers of forest fires. CO is carried away by streams in the atmosphere to neighboring territories.

Carbon monoxide interferes with oxygen absorption. Rather, it reacts more actively with blood hemoglobin than oxygen. And no one notices the lack of oxygen. Extreme cases are dizziness and loss of consciousness. Remember the cases of carbon monoxide poisoning from the untimely closed stoves in the villages. CO is colorless and odorless, the gas is heavier than air and accumulates near the ground, it is dangerous for the inhabitants of the lowlands during fires.

Especially elderly people suffer from this, in whom metabolism is weakened, there are deviations in the content of hemoglobin, etc. It would not hurt them to control the oxygen content in the blood. For this, an inexpensive device is produced, costing 200-500 rubles:

Portable device for measuring the level of oxygen saturation of capillary blood and measuring the pulse rate. Batteries are not included. You need to install 2 AAA batteries. The set includes a lace. Size: 6x3 cm. According to reviews, the device shows real values. You can buy here

Another device from aliexpress with a different display arrangement:

Such devices are purchased by tens of thousands of people not only during the release of smoke and carbon monoxide from forest fires. Fortunately, fires of this magnitude do not occur often, even in Siberia.

The device is being bought to monitor oxygen in the blood for an emergency response in case of a well-known coronavirus disease. The respiratory system is often affected and the amount of oxygen decreases. If the percentage of oxygen is constantly monitored, then you can take action in time and be ready. I believe that this inexpensive device is very relevant in our time for older people. If you keep statistics of measurements, you can find out how your health is related to the level of oxygen in the blood.