John, I've been watching through the pandemic and just wanted to thank you for your efforts to help us decipher the news and new research. Cheers from Ontario, Canada
Cheers! I'm from Ontario as well,what a legend he is. And so glad to have some of the mandates removed. Living as a second class citizen wasn't easy. People were treated so unfairly here. To much over reach.
Very useful to take blood pressure regularly at home. On the rare occasions I go to the doctors i end up having my blood pressure taken and it is always quite high. I then have a doctor who wants to prescribe me lots of medications i don't want to take! The reality is I have a bad case of White Coat Syndrome and get very agitated and nervous at the doctors. This makes my BP soar. I have also concluded, sadly, that some Doctors are well aware of this and I have had my BP taken through my jumper, with my arm in the wrong place, while being asked sharp questions etc etc. Since taking my own BP I have found it to be in the perfectly normal range. My previous doctor gave me meds for BP. Then asked me to go back after a couple of weeks with a chart noting my heart rate and BP twice a day. When she saw it was normal she said see, the meds have worked. She was furious when I told her I hadn't taken them.
I have the same issue w Drs..serious anxiety. Add to that the fact I don't have any confidence due to my experiences over the years. Far too much ignorance (among other bad character such as disregard, callousness and ego) from people who are supposed to be the professionals.
LOL. Burn. Doctors that listen are soooooo much better than the arrogant "by the book" types. Individual patients shouldn't be subsumed under a frequentist worldview.
Same for me. I warn them but all they say is to keep coming to see the nurse to take your BP. As if that's going to help! I eat healthy, I exercise, etc etc.
Clear, sensible advice. The NHS is a health hazard, so we need to rely on ourselves. Educational videos like this with sensible, practical, down to earth advice is what we need.
Ontario here too!! I have all three devices. At the start of 2020 I started taking daily readings and tracking of each as well as recording all medications and supplements (including Zinc, Quercetin NAC, magnesium, high doses of D and C) Being asthmatic, I felt it would be a quick way to identify if I should get medical attention. To date I am only a single dose vaxxer and that was after cancelling several times. Been exposed to C-19 numerous times and up the monitoring and increase Vitamin C and D at those times. To date never have tested positive but most of my triple vaxed friends and family have it at least twice. My GP found the charts useful when my BP was being a little more closely monitored when I had a couple higher than normal readings with her. Also verified my unit with the clinics to see readings were comparable. Appreciate Dr. Campbell's calm words of wisdom and views of both sides of issue. Stay well all!
How high doses of vitamin D are you taking? You should take vitamin k2 with it as well as it can cause bone loss if you become vitamin k2 deficient. Can also cause calcification of your circulatory system. Depends on how you're taking D3. Sunlight derived D3 doesn't cause this since it converts to an inactive form if you're creating too much.
John, I want to Express my deepest gratitude for all you have done and continue to do for mankind! This video was great and I do have all three of these devices and use the B/P machine every day. I think I will use the other two every day, as well. Your explanation of what these devices do was very educational and I learned something I did not know, so thank you. You are a most amazing man with such humility that you bring tears to my eyes. You are an inspiration to all who follow you. The Lord is using your life in a powerful way, John.🙏🏼 I pray the He will continue to bless your life and all those you love always. You are an angel here on earth. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼⚘😇😘
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with viewers. You've been a reliable source of information during the pandemic. You've helped alleviate stress by providing calm and non political information while there's been too much unnecessary and damaging scare mongering. You're helping people to be able to retain faith that there are still people who hold to an ethical code. What's happened with the medical community, as well as the world leaders is truly frightening. God bless us all
I taught languages in medical schools for 35 years but I would never listen to another teacher when dealing with life threatening illness. Watch: Dr. Klotman Dr. Mike Hansen Dr. Poland TWIV with Dr. Racconiello & Dr. D. Griffin Dr. Yun, Dr Susan Oliver (researcher, not MD), Dr Ostrerholm (CIDRAP), Dr. Hotez and dozens of others. Try Ucsf's grand rounds. WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO A MAN WHO ISN'T EVEN A NURSE PRACTITIONER? He tells you what you want to hear cherry picking outdated & retracted data. This winter will be very sad. Get vaccinated. Wear an N95 mask,- no cheap surgical masks and stay home if you are ill. Get tested. If you fail to report a positive at home test you are doing harm. Every 44 seconds another person dies from covid globally. B Etween 400 & 500 americans are dying daily whether you like hearing the truth or not. They are dying & highest transmissi[n is among under 50's (G=iffen, Osterholm, Hoyes & Hansen - real virologists and pulmonary care experts.How we can listen to irresponsible educators calling monkey pox an MSM disease. We don't know! and to quote Osterholm anyone who says he does know has a bridge to sell you.
Over a million Americans are dead and you say real MD's are scare mongering. By winter you will hate the misinformation. When the pandemic began JC was excellent. Now he must remember "doctor do no harm" oops sorry he's not even a medical doctor. Osterholm says people who claim to know what happens next have a bridge to sell you.
I live in west of Ireland and have been watching your UA-cam videos for quite a while since the pandemic. I want to thank you so much for being so honest and for explaining and informing us on all the data that you are free to give. Many thanks and keep up your great work. We need more doctors like you
Dr John, you are the first person on here that I have heard recommending these three simple gadget’s. I sent my daughter to uni with a digital thermometer, because as you know, the students get bombarded with pathogens when they start as freshers. The oximeter actually saved my son-in-laws life! Thanks for sharing!
@@justadude8369 I would disagree with that, I think nurses would do just fine in medical school, but I do agree that I would rather have a doctor than a nurse - but, what I REALLY would want would be BOTH.
Thank you very much, this is the way to go Dr. Teaching and helping us all to learn and understand how our body works and what are healthy rates to be at. ❤
Thank you. Your advice is always spot on. Can't trust many doctors these days. Been watching since 1st lockdown, you have shared so much knowledge and explain it all very well. We all appreciate it. Thanks from Shropshire uk
Many years ago I had periodic screening exams at work (military). The nurse was doing a baseline and said "Oooh, you're a runner!" She pointed at my heart rate, which was 52 at 10 in the morning. I was averaging 35 miles a week at the time.
@@austindenotter19 I suppose I could have said "It's important to note that heart rates below the 'normal' range can be an indication of high levels of aerobic fitness, rather than cardiac degeneration or other pathology." But I'm old, and find stories to be a more entertaining way to convey a message. This one just happened to be from my own life.
@@andrewbobb3170 Hey man, that's good. I chuckled a little at your unsolicited story about yourself but it's clear you were trying to convey a health message. Stay positive and healthy.
Hi, I do hope you understand there is a big difference between a properly trained doctor and a nurse, there is a reason why this detail is explicitly obvious in hospital settings
I have 2 out of 3. I don't have a sophisticated temperature probe like you display; mine is a digital thermometer, that is put under the tongue that I bought at the pharmacy. It works sufficiently. Thank you for explaining all of these! Much appreciated! I am one of the few around who has not been affected with any form of Covid, variant or even a cold. I take several vitamins daily, Magnesium being one of them, don't drink alcohol, eat a pretty healthy-conscious diet, watching my salt and sugars as well. Be well. Stay safe!
This is very useful information. With the current state of the NHS, and with doctors not wanting to see their patients, we are all going to have to learn to take care of ourselves more. I would encourage you to make more of these types of videos in the future. It would help if you could list the equipement so that we can purchase them. Thanks, John.
For sure! Plus those of us who want to avoid doctors at all costs. Hard to trust practitioners these days. We should take care of ourselves and just use doctors for certain checkups and emergencies imo.
I have all three devices. Towards the end of my dad's life we called medics a lot over a short period, they were always amazed I had such stats on his health and owned these devices, it proved very useful. I wouldn't be without them.
I had really bad experiences with the electronic thermometers. After 3 or 4 trial and errors, we bought the most expensive one. 5 repeated readings, 5 different values. With big differences. The mechanical one is always precise, consistently.
Thank you for this advice! During the lockdowns I realized we didn’t have a working thermometer in the house. They were difficult to come by for a while… and I forgot about it. Now I have a list and can properly equip our household before flu season empties the shelves again 🙃
Don’t forget the glucose monitor! I didn’t even realize I had low blood sugar until I visited my parents and wasn’t feeling well, so they picked my finger and tested my glucose and I found out it was extremely low. I never thought of it would be a sugar level!
I learned about these devices years ago when my father got sick. My kids thought it was funny that I sent them off to college with these in their boxes.
From my experience Doctors vehemently hate it when supplying these stats. I purchased all three of the machines mentioned in this video years ago, mainly as a gym aid to improve/monitor performance, and several Doctors over the years have told me using them is causing me to be anxious! 🤦♂️🤷♂️
If you get any stupid warnings about the content of your amazing videos from UA-cam censors just go to Rumble. You are the best. I feel like you are an old friend who has kept me calm during these past three years. Never stop. And thank you so much.
I routinely check my heart rate/blood pressure at home. Before I caught COVID last year I noticed my resting heart rate, which is normally 60-65, was 80-85 for no obvious reason in the 2 days before I actually got COVID symptoms. I didn't feel any different, just an increase in heart rate. Seemed to be an early response by my body before noticeable symptoms appeared. It took a few weeks to return to my normal resting heart rate as well, maybe 3-4 weeks.
Dr John after seeing you video in December 2019 when you first talked about the plan demic I got an oxygen meter and by Dec 21 2021 it saved my life when I finally did get Covid by 300 am in that morning I was down o2 was doen to 88 by the time I got to the hospital 3 blocks away I was down to 85 by 330 am spent 8 days in intensive care thanks for your info
Great advice, I already got all 3 and used them a fair bit when my health got wrecked after the jab, blood pressure/hr and oxygen levels were all over the place like crazy for over 6 months. Even now after 1 year still not 100% but getting better!
Something to try is a ketogenic diet. This is because of our evolution away from the other great apes. Our food has been animals and our gut no longer digests fiber and even starch has to be boiled up to 20 minutes before it can be digested by amylase and turned into glucose. Our appendix is a remnant of what in most other functioning ape herbivores is a oxygen rich microbe multiplication gut called a cecum that in the colon provides a means to turn fiber into saturated fat, so when they are eating plantfiber (from leaves or shoots) they are in ketosis. These apes only occasionally get sugar from fruit. They also have twice as large colons to handle all that fiber. Gut is very expensive tissue especially the cecum as it has to get a high oxygen load to allow high microbe multiplication. about 7 million years ago they got separated from the chimps and had to adapt to open space. From finds it is shown that they collected large bones leftover from killed large animals. This allowed the colon to shrink and the cecum to disappear so there was more energy for the brain. At 2-2.5 million years ago homo habilis started hunting mostly megafauna because they didn't run away and were easy to mislead in traps or spear. We started agriculture less then 6000 years ago and our health has declined, brains are 11% smaller then hunter/gatherer versions. But food was more abundant especially after megafauna was almost eradicated and small animals have to much protein and not enough fat for our metabolism. By switching to carbohydrates from plants we survived without adequate carnivore foods but a glucose metabolism is not healthy long term. Mainly glucose is instabiele and the 6 carbon ring structure opens up to have a double bonded oxygen at the end of the chain which is very reactive (similar to formalin). This is why our body tries to regulate glucose levels with insulin. Cells are forced into taking up glucose by insulin and as soon as blood glucose levels jack up our pancreas starts secreting extra insulin. the storage hormone Insulin also has the function of building up fat tissue levels while not allowing fat to be used. Glucose causes inflammation. This can be avoided by not eating carbohydrates but instead getting energy from fat. On a low carb diet your body starts switching from glucose to producing ketones that circulate and are the preferred source of energy in the body. This is no longer inflammatory. if you want to try it, just eat the fattest meat available like ground meat that always contain the fatty snippets from the expensive cuts that are made as lean as possible. I also eat liver, but you can also eat only egg-jokes (whole eggs are to much protein) . The most problematic carbs are wheat, barley, oats and rhy (so no bread, pizza or pasta). you could always try it for several weeks just to get well. Success, Herman
Dear Dr. Campbell, I've been watching most if not all your videos since the start of the pandemic, they are very informative and helpful. Now that the pandemic is over, I will not follow as much. I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication and hard work.
My family made sure we had an oxymeter (and obviously thermometer) at home for when we had Covid. Was really interesting to take a baseline for each of us and then when we got Covid, we recorded our 'obs' every 4-6 hours during the day. Tracking the progress of our fever was helpful, meant we could avoid taking anything to treat the fever with the confidence that it didn't get to high and oxygen/BP remained good and then we could watch it resolve. I think I will invest in blood pressure machine too, just for the hell of it. Never know when it might be useful. Thanks Dr John 👍
Thank you for the reminder just before flu season. I had to look for the pulse oximeter I bought two years ago and forgot about, and a new thermometer might be handy. (Edit: Many thanks for demonstrating how to use these things.)
Hi from Cheshire UK, we bought all 3 of these when covid started ,there brilliant ,dont know why we didnt have them before so handy to have them around ,
Dr. John, When you have time, please cover sepsis. Sepsis seems to be something at least here in the US, is missed and often confused with flu until it's too late. I think awareness can save lives. I was really surprised by the how sepsis progresses until limbs and lives are lost. Thanks as usual.
One of my daughters has a normally "lower than average" temperature. It wasn't until a 3 AM trip to the emergency room and the results of a blood test proved sepsis that they suddenly took her case _very_ seriously. Apparently she was pretty close to dying.
@@MStClair-zk8vv He's disingenous. He uses his title for his advantage because he knows people will assume he is a medical doctor. He might as well have a PhD in French.
One thing most people don't understand is that blood pressure fluctuates rapidly. I generally check my blood pressure sitting in the same chair with my arm resting on the table at heart level. Then I'll wait 10 minutes and check it again. First time is usually higher. I can lower my BP from 140/84 to 119/76 by a few minutes of relaxation techniques. I seldom trust the first reading unless it is consistently high.
I always use these products when I feel sick to see if it’s serious or not.. very reassuring 👍 I had my mum use these and her dr was blown away by her list of b/ps .. very good info! Since long covid my heart rate has been 85 to 90 my dr gave me beta blockers which I can’t take as my bp is low already! Definitely higher since long covid!
I got the 3 of them!! And it helps me a lot for taking care of my father (pulsi and tensiometer) and children (pulsi and thermo). Thanks a lot for this useful video Dr. Campbell!! 🙏
From a computering background here, where heuristics is king, let me add to these instruments. If you just take your temperature once, and it's showing 'fever', maybe what you should do is lay down a baseline of your temperatures, at the same time of day, for a few days. to get a gauge of yourself. like how a barometer - barograph works, it plots a graph with some history, and it's often a good indicator of rain. You're much appreciated, doc. these videos are valuable to all of us, pandemic or no pandemic.
Great advice. We have all three and have purchased the 3 for our parents. I find them very useful, since I have "white coat" syndrome where I get higher BP at the doctor's office. But when I check at home with the same unit shown I am fine.
@@svalbard01 , yes, health care workers call it white-coat syndrome because people get anxious when they see the doctor in his or her white coat and being anxious causes the B/P to spike. It's sometimes near impossible to get an accurate B/P at the doctor's office for people who have this syndrome and doctors will often ask patients to keep a daily record at home in order to get a more accurate record of the B/P.
same here I can check BEFORE seeing Doctor BP is good and at the doctor office it is HIGH so I started charting and I was SUPRISED how many doctors do NOT care what my charting numbers are??? they just want to double my BP meds??????? so what do they really care about NOT me but pushing drugs that could harm me???????? I have 3 different BP devices!!! they can NOT all be WRONG?????
I have a mercury thermometer that is over 50 years old, no batteries, works every time, would work even without access to viable batteries. I found out about oximeters from you, very useful. Also, thank you for mentioning the compromised readings for smokers, I've been wondering why my partner who has lung issues and smokes has higher readings than I do, now I know. Still, it is useful to know if his "normal" readings change over time. I have a wrist blood pressure unit, as I hypertension runs in the family and I take my readings daily and have for years, it is just easier, and again, the accuracy is less important than monitoring changes. I've had the overnight from the clinic unit, and so I have a good idea of what the wrist unit is telling me.
Just bought that same blood pressure monitor in boots, it's £20. It also shows your heart rate. High blood pressure runs in my family so I like keeping an eye on these things myself. It says boots on the machine but when you look on the back of it it's branded omron so they are making them for boots at this reasonable price. Had mine checked at the doctors a while back and it was the same omron machine!
I do blood pressure several times per day because my visits to the Dr will show me 30 point higher than I am resting at home. Keeping a log of the readings just stops arguments about meds. As a diabetic I also check blood glucose several times per day. Glucose meter is good for anyone to see how bad some foods will spike the blood glucose
Thank you for this, John. We have all of these and I bought the pulse oximeter for family members through the pandemic so they could keep an eye. I have low blood pressure, I am occasionally dizzy first thing in the morning, and sometimes if I bend down and stand up quickly I have to steady myself. I wonder about what issues may attach to low bp, I am very fit and well, 65 years old, female, 9st 2lb and 5’2”. I take no meds and am carnivore OMAD. I would welcome your take on the use of diet in the fight against insulin resistance, inflammation and metabolic syndrome. I watch everything you do on UA-cam, ever since the beginning of the pandemic. You have been a beacon of sense at a crazy time. Thank you ❤
160 lb 75 year old fit and healthy male. Also type 2 diabetic and went keto 5 years ago and carnivore 3 years ago. Diet (no carbs) is the only way of hoping to reverse insulin resistance. Any meds to keep the BG low are for the most part throwing more insulin into the system.
There are doctors on UA-cam who explain not only how the body's designed to function properly, but slso recommend various ways to help the body to improve its function. Recommendations and typically related to what we eat as well as natural supplements. Two that I suggest are Dr Eric Berg, and Dr Steven Gundry. I hope this information is useful for you.
Omad is a great way to reduce inflammation and insulin resistance. I recommend intermittent fasting regulatory to patients. See Tim Spector’s work for more information
I have these instruments plus a cheaper disposable stethoscope in my travel bag at all times. I bought duplicates of everything to leave at my parents and daughter's houses to do baseline measurements and keep a record if something becomes out of normal range or someone just doesn't feel well and I am too far away to be at the "bedside". It has saved me a trip or two, calmed my parents and daughter's households down, to take an active role in the baseline vitals and symptoms. It gives them some control and participation of care with whatever symptoms they verbally share with me or their doctors.
Another great video. Thanks 👍 I had my annual medical, with new doctor, in June. He was slightly concerned, as my resting pulse was 53, with a blood pressure of 120/76. He put me on an ECG, to check. One of the supposed issues was bradycardia. Didn't really understand it's definition. Thank you. I was never concerned, as I've always had a slow heartbeat, as an adult, for some reason. Even though I am not a runner, or gym junkie, I do get natural fitness, through my job, &play golf. I will be 60 soon.
I have one more - I was skeptical but bought a home cholesterol testing kit. I tested it 2 times going against my normal blood draw and its fairly close. Not exact, but close enough to get a general idea. I do it once a month and I think if anything its a good psychological tool so that I keep my eating in check.
Thank you for pointing out the things that can give false readings, particularly the nail 💅 polish!!!! Not only does the pulse ox not get a strong reading but we as clinicians cannot see what your nails really look like to help us make other determinations such as perfusion and nutritional deficiencies 💯💯💯💯💯
Good stuff. Weighing machines are useful, too. I also have a sleep monitor - fascinating to see how stats (especially resting heart-rate) change, following a big evening meal. I find it's always useful to contract results at different times of the day to see how sleep, eating, exercise impacts results.
I'm having my teenagers learn first aid and cpr this year for school. I also ordered a monthly subscription from MEL science that teach more about basic medical. It came in the mail just as this video posted.😁
Excellent! Tho most first aid classes is classic text learning. And don’t include identifying “Mechanism of Injury” when you come spoon someone who needs help. Being Observant of total surroundings can be invaluable in rendering First Aid. Maybe a simple splint all that’s apparently needed. But was it a fall from a chair? Or a 10 foot ladder? Did they hit their head as well? These are things you as a parent can ask that adds to the classroom teaching. This develops Critical Thing Skills not often given in school .
We are at home at 60 and have all three. When my wife and I got CV-19 they were very helpful in just keeping track. We have tracked our BP for over a decade and the temperature and O2 are the first we add whenever we do not feel "up to par".
If you are over 50 - I would suggest you add a glucose test kit... mine served as a warning to me, and saved me a LOT of future damage to myself! As you get older your body no longer processes foods in the way that it once did.
Thank you, John, I have all three plus an Accu-Chek Mobile blood sugar monitor. I am always told not to talk while checking blood pressure and also to have my arm at the same level as my heart.
John, I've been watching through the pandemic and just wanted to thank you for your efforts to help us decipher the news and new research. Cheers from Ontario, Canada
Cheers! I'm from Ontario as well,what a legend he is.
And so glad to have some of the mandates removed. Living as a second class citizen wasn't easy. People were treated so unfairly here. To much over reach.
Ditto from another Ontario viewer.
stop thanking this man he pushed masks and clot shots... if anything many will die from his bogus advice
I hope UA-cam doesn't give a strike for this as this video contains common sense.
He's a SHILL beware!!
Very useful to take blood pressure regularly at home. On the rare occasions I go to the doctors i end up having my blood pressure taken and it is always quite high. I then have a doctor who wants to prescribe me lots of medications i don't want to take! The reality is I have a bad case of White Coat Syndrome and get very agitated and nervous at the doctors. This makes my BP soar. I have also concluded, sadly, that some Doctors are well aware of this and I have had my BP taken through my jumper, with my arm in the wrong place, while being asked sharp questions etc etc. Since taking my own BP I have found it to be in the perfectly normal range. My previous doctor gave me meds for BP. Then asked me to go back after a couple of weeks with a chart noting my heart rate and BP twice a day. When she saw it was normal she said see, the meds have worked. She was furious when I told her I hadn't taken them.
sounds like you micturated on her conflagration :)
I have the same issue w Drs..serious anxiety. Add to that the fact I don't have any confidence due to my experiences over the years. Far too much ignorance (among other bad character such as disregard, callousness and ego) from people who are supposed to be the professionals.
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LOL. Burn. Doctors that listen are soooooo much better than the arrogant "by the book" types. Individual patients shouldn't be subsumed under a frequentist worldview.
Same for me. I warn them but all they say is to keep coming to see the nurse to take your BP. As if that's going to help! I eat healthy, I exercise, etc etc.
He's the best! Exactly how health reporting should look like, delivered with genuine care. Top work Doc!!
Clear, sensible advice. The NHS is a health hazard, so we need to rely on ourselves. Educational videos like this with sensible, practical, down to earth advice is what we need.
So if you trip over the dog and break an arm, you'll stay at home until it gets better?
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Ontario here too!!
I have all three devices. At the start of 2020 I started taking daily readings and tracking of each as well as recording all medications and supplements (including Zinc, Quercetin NAC, magnesium, high doses of D and C) Being asthmatic, I felt it would be a quick way to identify if I should get medical attention. To date I am only a single dose vaxxer and that was after cancelling several times. Been exposed to C-19 numerous times and up the monitoring and increase Vitamin C and D at those times. To date never have tested positive but most of my triple vaxed friends and family have it at least twice.
My GP found the charts useful when my BP was being a little more closely monitored when I had a couple higher than normal readings with her. Also verified my unit with the clinics to see readings were comparable.
Appreciate Dr. Campbell's calm words of wisdom and views of both sides of issue.
Stay well all!
Your American and no one is listening to info from a 3rd world country.
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Thank you for sharing.
How high doses of vitamin D are you taking? You should take vitamin k2 with it as well as it can cause bone loss if you become vitamin k2 deficient. Can also cause calcification of your circulatory system.
Depends on how you're taking D3. Sunlight derived D3 doesn't cause this since it converts to an inactive form if you're creating too much.
Health is to important to leave to those damn paid off vaccine pushers.
John, I want to Express my deepest gratitude for all you have done and continue to do for mankind! This video was great and I do have all three of these devices and use the B/P machine every day. I think I will use the other two every day, as well. Your explanation of what these devices do was very educational and I learned something I did not know, so thank you. You are a most amazing man with such humility that you bring tears to my eyes.
You are an inspiration to all who follow you. The Lord is using your life in a powerful way, John.🙏🏼 I pray the He will continue to bless your life and all those you love always. You are an angel here on earth. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼⚘😇😘
Dr John Campbell, we thank you for your time, energy and unbiased commentary throughout the last two years.🙏
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Thank you Dr. Campbell, very helpful here in Ontario Canada, when our healthcare system is failing us.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with viewers.
You've been a reliable source of information during the pandemic. You've helped alleviate stress by providing calm and non political information while there's been too much unnecessary and damaging scare mongering.
You're helping people to be able to retain faith that there are still people who hold to an ethical code.
What's happened with the medical community, as well as the world leaders is truly frightening.
God bless us all
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I taught languages in medical schools for 35 years but I would never listen to another teacher when dealing with life threatening illness. Watch:
Dr. Klotman
Dr. Mike Hansen
Dr. Poland
TWIV with Dr. Racconiello & Dr. D. Griffin
Dr. Yun, Dr Susan Oliver (researcher, not MD), Dr
Ostrerholm
(CIDRAP), Dr. Hotez and dozens of others. Try Ucsf's grand rounds.
WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO A MAN WHO ISN'T EVEN A NURSE PRACTITIONER? He tells you what you want to hear cherry picking outdated
& retracted data. This winter will be very sad. Get vaccinated. Wear an
N95 mask,- no cheap surgical masks and stay home if you are ill. Get tested. If you fail to report a positive at home test you are doing harm. Every 44 seconds another person dies from covid globally. B
Etween 400 & 500 americans are dying daily whether you like hearing the truth or not. They are dying & highest transmissi[n is among under 50's (G=iffen, Osterholm, Hoyes & Hansen
- real virologists and pulmonary care experts.How we can listen to irresponsible educators calling monkey pox an MSM disease. We don't know! and to quote Osterholm anyone who says he does know has a bridge to sell you.
Over a million Americans are dead and you say real MD's are scare mongering. By winter you will hate the misinformation. When the pandemic began
JC was excellent. Now he must remember "doctor do no harm" oops sorry he's not even a medical doctor. Osterholm says people who claim to know what happens next have a bridge to sell you.
Hello how're you doing today hope you're doing great with your family may god bless you all 🙏🙏🙏
I live in west of Ireland and have been watching your UA-cam videos for quite a while since the pandemic. I want to thank you so much for being so honest and for explaining and informing us on all the data that you are free to give. Many thanks and keep up your great work. We need more doctors like you
Dr John, you are the first person on here that I have heard recommending these three simple gadget’s. I sent my daughter to uni with a digital thermometer, because as you know, the students get bombarded with pathogens when they start as freshers.
The oximeter actually saved my son-in-laws life! Thanks for sharing!
Nurse know more than doctors because they do all checking and doctor merely come for few minutes
@@johnsmith9161 And your point is?
@@mnayak9348 Hahaha no they don't. A nurse wouldnt last the first semester of medical school.
@@justadude8369 I would disagree with that, I think nurses would do just fine in medical school, but I do agree that I would rather have a doctor than a nurse - but, what I REALLY would want would be BOTH.
@@LMD2915 The academic requirements just to get a place at medicine school versus nursing are on a complete other level.
Thank you very much, this is the way to go Dr. Teaching and helping us all to learn and understand how our body works and what are healthy rates to be at. ❤
Thank you. Your advice is always spot on. Can't trust many doctors these days. Been watching since 1st lockdown, you have shared so much knowledge and explain it all very well. We all appreciate it. Thanks from Shropshire uk
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Many years ago I had periodic screening exams at work (military). The nurse was doing a baseline and said "Oooh, you're a runner!" She pointed at my heart rate, which was 52 at 10 in the morning. I was averaging 35 miles a week at the time.
I have customer 74, drinks coffee every morning, low HR and BP. Seems quite fit, doesn't run.
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Youre awesome dude! You should write a book about yourself!
@@austindenotter19 I suppose I could have said "It's important to note that heart rates below the 'normal' range can be an indication of high levels of aerobic fitness, rather than cardiac degeneration or other pathology."
But I'm old, and find stories to be a more entertaining way to convey a message. This one just happened to be from my own life.
@@andrewbobb3170 Hey man, that's good. I chuckled a little at your unsolicited story about yourself but it's clear you were trying to convey a health message. Stay positive and healthy.
You're wonderful Doctor Campbell! Thank-you!
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He IS a medical doctor!
He has a Doctorate in nursing and healthcare That's"medical"you fool.
Hi, I do hope you understand there is a big difference between a properly trained doctor and a nurse, there is a reason why this detail is explicitly obvious in hospital settings
I have 2 out of 3. I don't have a sophisticated temperature probe like you display; mine is a digital thermometer, that is put under the tongue that I bought at the pharmacy. It works sufficiently. Thank you for explaining all of these! Much appreciated! I am one of the few around who has not been affected with any form of Covid, variant or even a cold. I take several vitamins daily, Magnesium being one of them, don't drink alcohol, eat a pretty healthy-conscious diet, watching my salt and sugars as well. Be well. Stay safe!
Mine too
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@@martilanier6746 mine too, what?
You have some good habits but sadly your beliefs have been affected by people like Campbell who is part of the mainstream media ..
indoctrination.
This is very useful information. With the current state of the NHS, and with doctors not wanting to see their patients, we are all going to have to learn to take care of ourselves more. I would encourage you to make more of these types of videos in the future. It would help if you could list the equipement so that we can purchase them. Thanks, John.
For sure! Plus those of us who want to avoid doctors at all costs. Hard to trust practitioners these days. We should take care of ourselves and just use doctors for certain checkups and emergencies imo.
@@teddimcrae9963 Totally agree. Just need drs for regular blood tests.
The oxygen monitor he had is only a fiver on eBay
Thank you Dr Campbell for all the information you provide for everyone. Also for all your interesting videos.
I have all three devices. Towards the end of my dad's life we called medics a lot over a short period, they were always amazed I had such stats on his health and owned these devices, it proved very useful. I wouldn't be without them.
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Thank you, Dr. Campbell! Our house has all three, altho the thermometer is the old fashioned mercury kind.
i feel that a sugar tester should be on the list. very powerful information to change lives for the better.
I had really bad experiences with the electronic thermometers. After 3 or 4 trial and errors, we bought the most expensive one. 5 repeated readings, 5 different values. With big differences. The mechanical one is always precise, consistently.
Thank you for this advice! During the lockdowns I realized we didn’t have a working thermometer in the house. They were difficult to come by for a while… and I forgot about it. Now I have a list and can properly equip our household before flu season empties the shelves again 🙃
Have all of those. Thank you so much for the information over the past few years. You’re an angel.
You are always a wealth of information, I thank you for all your shared knowledge.
Thanks Doctor, that's probably the clearest, most succinct explanation of these devises I've heard, particularly the explanation of blood pressure.
Don’t forget the glucose monitor! I didn’t even realize I had low blood sugar until I visited my parents and wasn’t feeling well, so they picked my finger and tested my glucose and I found out it was extremely low. I never thought of it would be a sugar level!
Many people are prediabetic and diabetic without knowing. With the standard American diet, many people are in danger!
I learned about these devices years ago when my father got sick. My kids thought it was funny that I sent them off to college with these in their boxes.
This was a very useful public service video! Very few health care professionals focus on the basic information we should all have.
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I always wondered about heart rate BPM. Found this very insightful as always. Thanks Dr John
Wow what timing, was just telling my boyfriend half hour ago about having these basic diagnostic tools and what at home flu treatment to keep at home.
Thank you for this useful information from Arizona. I’ve been watching and learning for over two years.
From my experience Doctors vehemently hate it when supplying these stats.
I purchased all three of the machines mentioned in this video years ago, mainly as a gym aid to improve/monitor performance, and several Doctors over the years have told me using them is causing me to be anxious! 🤦♂️🤷♂️
If you get any stupid warnings about the content of your amazing videos from UA-cam censors just go to Rumble. You are the best. I feel like you are an old friend who has kept me calm during these past three years. Never stop. And thank you so much.
A glucose meter is fairly cheap to use also. It's good knowing what foods raise you blood sugar too much and if you may be becoming diabetic.
Oh John! Love seeing you in that colour t/shirt! Thank you for all you do. 🙏🏼
I routinely check my heart rate/blood pressure at home. Before I caught COVID last year I noticed my resting heart rate, which is normally 60-65, was 80-85 for no obvious reason in the 2 days before I actually got COVID symptoms. I didn't feel any different, just an increase in heart rate. Seemed to be an early response by my body before noticeable symptoms appeared. It took a few weeks to return to my normal resting heart rate as well, maybe 3-4 weeks.
Had same response with covid as you with heart rate like yours up for afew days before covid hit interesting
Heart rate always increases with a virus . I always know when I'm coming down with something as my heart goes crazy .
I love this. Thank You Dr. Campbell
Common knowledge isn't common anymore - fantastic video to keep people informed!
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thank you Dr Campbell. you are the best Dr and so caring. so kind of you to help us have some understanding when all is so confusing
At the end of the day you are a real standout John. Many thanks but please don't go anywhere, I have a feeling the future is going to need you
Thank you so much for giving us great information and all updates! Sending love from America
Dr John after seeing you video in December 2019 when you first talked about the plan demic I got an oxygen meter and by Dec 21 2021 it saved my life when I finally did get Covid by 300 am in that morning I was down o2 was doen to 88 by the time I got to the hospital 3 blocks away I was down to 85 by 330 am spent 8 days in intensive care thanks for your info
I just want to say Thank you, thank you for your words, calming exposure of the facts and all the good advice the last 2 years. Greetings from Mexico
Great advice, I already got all 3 and used them a fair bit when my health got wrecked after the jab, blood pressure/hr and oxygen levels were all over the place like crazy for over 6 months. Even now after 1 year still not 100% but getting better!
you'll never get better, we are depopulating to save the climate, rip
Something to try is a ketogenic diet. This is because of our evolution away from the other great apes. Our food has been animals and our gut no longer digests fiber and even starch has to be boiled up to 20 minutes before it can be digested by amylase and turned into glucose. Our appendix is a remnant of what in most other functioning ape herbivores is a oxygen rich microbe multiplication gut called a cecum that in the colon provides a means to turn fiber into saturated fat, so when they are eating plantfiber (from leaves or shoots) they are in ketosis. These apes only occasionally get sugar from fruit. They also have twice as large colons to handle all that fiber. Gut is very expensive tissue especially the cecum as it has to get a high oxygen load to allow high microbe multiplication. about 7 million years ago they got separated from the chimps and had to adapt to open space. From finds it is shown that they collected large bones leftover from killed large animals. This allowed the colon to shrink and the cecum to disappear so there was more energy for the brain. At 2-2.5 million years ago homo habilis started hunting mostly megafauna because they didn't run away and were easy to mislead in traps or spear.
We started agriculture less then 6000 years ago and our health has declined, brains are 11% smaller then hunter/gatherer versions. But food was more abundant especially after megafauna was almost eradicated and small animals have to much protein and not enough fat for our metabolism. By switching to carbohydrates from plants we survived without adequate carnivore foods but a glucose metabolism is not healthy long term. Mainly glucose is instabiele and the 6 carbon ring structure opens up to have a double bonded oxygen at the end of the chain which is very reactive (similar to formalin). This is why our body tries to regulate glucose levels with insulin. Cells are forced into taking up glucose by insulin and as soon as blood glucose levels jack up our pancreas starts secreting extra insulin. the storage hormone Insulin also has the function of building up fat tissue levels while not allowing fat to be used.
Glucose causes inflammation. This can be avoided by not eating carbohydrates but instead getting energy from fat. On a low carb diet your body starts switching from glucose to producing ketones that circulate and are the preferred source of energy in the body. This is no longer inflammatory.
if you want to try it, just eat the fattest meat available like ground meat that always contain the fatty snippets from the expensive cuts that are made as lean as possible. I also eat liver, but you can also eat only egg-jokes (whole eggs are to much protein) . The most problematic carbs are wheat, barley, oats and rhy (so no bread, pizza or pasta). you could always try it for several weeks just to get well.
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I have been watching you since February 2020. I just want to THANK YOU for all your excellent advice and reporting. Bless you Sir.
Dear Dr. Campbell, I've been watching most if not all your videos since the start of the pandemic, they are very informative and helpful. Now that the pandemic is over, I will not follow as much. I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication and hard work.
Now that the pandemic is over...???? how do u know that...?? u should be aware this was all concocted and will return in its time
The pandemic ist not over
I love all your videos, Dr Campbell!! Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to go over the more simple things like these three devices and how to use them.
You may have saved some lives here.
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Dr. John is courageous and a real man !
This is very helpful, thanks so much for sharing
Dr. Campbell, you are so precious 💜💜💜💜
Thank you for the inspiration for me to do my own video about these things for my patients 🙏💯👌
My family made sure we had an oxymeter (and obviously thermometer) at home for when we had Covid. Was really interesting to take a baseline for each of us and then when we got Covid, we recorded our 'obs' every 4-6 hours during the day. Tracking the progress of our fever was helpful, meant we could avoid taking anything to treat the fever with the confidence that it didn't get to high and oxygen/BP remained good and then we could watch it resolve.
I think I will invest in blood pressure machine too, just for the hell of it. Never know when it might be useful.
Thanks Dr John 👍
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It could stop worrying to know blood pressure and oxygen rates are ok. Thank you for this information Dr. Campbell.
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Thank you for the reminder just before flu season. I had to look for the pulse oximeter I bought two years ago and forgot about, and a new thermometer might be handy. (Edit: Many thanks for demonstrating how to use these things.)
Hi from Cheshire UK, we bought all 3 of these when covid started ,there brilliant ,dont know why we didnt have them before so handy to have them around ,
Dr. John, When you have time, please cover sepsis. Sepsis seems to be something at least here in the US, is missed and often confused with flu until it's too late. I think awareness can save lives. I was really surprised by the how sepsis progresses until limbs and lives are lost. Thanks as usual.
Yes and to think something as simple as intravenous vitC therapy is seldom used but highly effective.
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@@johnsmith9161 and your point is…???
One of my daughters has a normally "lower than average" temperature. It wasn't until a 3 AM trip to the emergency room and the results of a blood test proved sepsis that they suddenly took her case _very_ seriously. Apparently she was pretty close to dying.
@@MStClair-zk8vv He's disingenous. He uses his title for his advantage because he knows people will assume he is a medical doctor. He might as well have a PhD in French.
My current insurance allows for over the counter purchases. After this video I am planning on getting some of these thanks😊❤
How to properly use & store these items should be taught in school.
That wouldn't leave enough time for mental health breaks and the following lesson on 87 genders.
Excellent information. Thank you!💜
One thing most people don't understand is that blood pressure fluctuates rapidly. I generally check my blood pressure sitting in the same chair with my arm resting on the table at heart level. Then I'll wait 10 minutes and check it again. First time is usually higher. I can lower my BP from 140/84 to 119/76 by a few minutes of relaxation techniques. I seldom trust the first reading unless it is consistently high.
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I always use these products when I feel sick to see if it’s serious or not.. very reassuring 👍 I had my mum use these and her dr was blown away by her list of b/ps .. very good info!
Since long covid my heart rate has been 85 to 90 my dr gave me beta blockers which I can’t take as my bp is low already! Definitely higher since long covid!
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I got the 3 of them!! And it helps me a lot for taking care of my father (pulsi and tensiometer) and children (pulsi and thermo).
Thanks a lot for this useful video Dr. Campbell!! 🙏
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From a computering background here, where heuristics is king, let me add to these instruments. If you just take your temperature once, and it's showing 'fever', maybe what you should do is lay down a baseline of your temperatures, at the same time of day, for a few days. to get a gauge of yourself. like how a barometer - barograph works, it plots a graph with some history, and it's often a good indicator of rain.
You're much appreciated, doc. these videos are valuable to all of us, pandemic or no pandemic.
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A good idea. My normal temps run 1 to 2 degrees below “normal”
Great advice I have all those and use them daily.
I can’t believe it! I have all 3 purchased since, .. you know what ..
Great advice. We have all three and have purchased the 3 for our parents. I find them very useful, since I have "white coat" syndrome where I get higher BP at the doctor's office. But when I check at home with the same unit shown I am fine.
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That happens to me, too! Is that what it's called--white coat syndrome? LOL! Awesome.
Yes, I have anxiety at the doctors and my BP/HR always go nuts, but at home perfectly normal results.
@@svalbard01 , yes, health care workers call it white-coat syndrome because people get anxious when they see the doctor in his or her white coat and being anxious causes the B/P to spike. It's sometimes near impossible to get an accurate B/P at the doctor's office for people who have this syndrome and doctors will often ask patients to keep a daily record at home in order to get a more accurate record of the B/P.
same here I can check BEFORE seeing Doctor BP is good and at the doctor office it is HIGH so I started charting and I was SUPRISED how many doctors do NOT care what my charting numbers are??? they just want to double my BP meds??????? so what do they really care about NOT me but pushing drugs that could harm me???????? I have 3 different BP devices!!! they can NOT all be WRONG?????
Very useful video, thank you for your work!
I have a mercury thermometer that is over 50 years old, no batteries, works every time, would work even without access to viable batteries. I found out about oximeters from you, very useful. Also, thank you for mentioning the compromised readings for smokers, I've been wondering why my partner who has lung issues and smokes has higher readings than I do, now I know. Still, it is useful to know if his "normal" readings change over time. I have a wrist blood pressure unit, as I hypertension runs in the family and I take my readings daily and have for years, it is just easier, and again, the accuracy is less important than monitoring changes. I've had the overnight from the clinic unit, and so I have a good idea of what the wrist unit is telling me.
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Thanks John. I have all 3 and your review confirmed that I am using them correctly.
I was severely vaccine injured been sick for 14 months but been on IVM high dose 9 days and getting better. Take that moderna.
Thank you Dr. Campbell, you are a great educator.
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Just bought that same blood pressure monitor in boots, it's £20. It also shows your heart rate. High blood pressure runs in my family so I like keeping an eye on these things myself. It says boots on the machine but when you look on the back of it it's branded omron so they are making them for boots at this reasonable price. Had mine checked at the doctors a while back and it was the same omron machine!
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Great advice thank you Dr Campbell!
Thank you Dr. Campbell! Appreciate all you do.
I do blood pressure several times per day because my visits to the Dr will show me 30 point higher than I am resting at home. Keeping a log of the readings just stops arguments about meds. As a diabetic I also check blood glucose several times per day. Glucose meter is good for anyone to see how bad some foods will spike the blood glucose
Thank you for this, John. We have all of these and I bought the pulse oximeter for family members through the pandemic so they could keep an eye.
I have low blood pressure, I am occasionally dizzy first thing in the morning, and sometimes if I bend down and stand up quickly I have to steady myself. I wonder about what issues may attach to low bp, I am very fit and well, 65 years old, female, 9st 2lb and 5’2”. I take no meds and am carnivore OMAD. I would welcome your take on the use of diet in the fight against insulin resistance, inflammation and metabolic syndrome.
I watch everything you do on UA-cam, ever since the beginning of the pandemic. You have been a beacon of sense at a crazy time.
Thank you ❤
160 lb 75 year old fit and healthy male. Also type 2 diabetic and went keto 5 years ago and carnivore 3 years ago. Diet (no carbs) is the only way of hoping to reverse insulin resistance. Any meds to keep the BG low are for the most part throwing more insulin into the system.
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There are doctors on UA-cam who explain not only how the body's designed to function properly, but slso recommend various ways to help the body to improve its function.
Recommendations and typically related to what we eat as well as natural supplements.
Two that I suggest are
Dr Eric Berg, and
Dr Steven Gundry.
I hope this information is useful for you.
Omad is a great way to reduce inflammation and insulin resistance. I recommend intermittent fasting regulatory to patients. See Tim Spector’s work for more information
Thanks Dr Campbell much appreciated 👍
Thanks Dr Campbell - yes we have these. Good to know 🙂
I have these instruments plus a cheaper disposable stethoscope in my travel bag at all times. I bought duplicates of everything to leave at my parents and daughter's houses to do baseline measurements and keep a record if something becomes out of normal range or someone just doesn't feel well and I am too far away to be at the "bedside". It has saved me a trip or two, calmed my parents and daughter's households down, to take an active role in the baseline vitals and symptoms. It gives them some control and participation of care with whatever symptoms they verbally share with me or their doctors.
Its good to have these tools they can really help identify any problems
Thank you for this your virtual medical devices home visit, dr. Campbell
Taking control of your health . Thanks for sharing.
Another great video. Thanks 👍
I had my annual medical, with new doctor, in June.
He was slightly concerned, as my resting pulse was 53, with a blood pressure of 120/76.
He put me on an ECG, to check. One of the supposed issues was bradycardia. Didn't really understand it's definition. Thank you.
I was never concerned, as I've always had a slow heartbeat, as an adult, for some reason. Even though I am not a runner, or gym junkie, I do get natural fitness, through my job, &play golf. I will be 60 soon.
I have one more - I was skeptical but bought a home cholesterol testing kit. I tested it 2 times going against my normal blood draw and its fairly close. Not exact, but close enough to get a general idea. I do it once a month and I think if anything its a good psychological tool so that I keep my eating in check.
I look forward to your posts. I like to see how prepared I am. Your reporting is calm and unpretentious.
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Bristol Stool Scale next week John?
Seriously, great advice. Cheers
Not a bad idea, together with common equivalent euphemisms, all the way from "Mr Whippy" to "Maltesers" and beyond.
Thank you for pointing out the things that can give false readings, particularly the nail 💅 polish!!!!
Not only does the pulse ox not get a strong reading but we as clinicians cannot see what your nails really look like to help us make other determinations such as perfusion and nutritional deficiencies 💯💯💯💯💯
I have all three as well 🙂 I record everything on a handy phone app, the results from which can be printed out and taken to your doctor if necessary.
Good stuff.
Weighing machines are useful, too.
I also have a sleep monitor - fascinating to see how stats (especially resting heart-rate) change, following a big evening meal.
I find it's always useful to contract results at different times of the day to see how sleep, eating, exercise impacts results.
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For the full hospital experience, get your partner to use all three at 1am, making random, unnecessary beeping noises at high volume.
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While lying in ones own poop!
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Thank you very much for rhe education you have always given 🙏
I'm having my teenagers learn first aid and cpr this year for school. I also ordered a monthly subscription from MEL science that teach more about basic medical. It came in the mail just as this video posted.😁
Excellent! Tho most first aid classes is classic text learning. And don’t include identifying “Mechanism of Injury” when you come spoon someone who needs help. Being Observant of total surroundings can be invaluable in rendering First Aid. Maybe a simple splint all that’s apparently needed. But was it a fall from a chair? Or a 10 foot ladder? Did they hit their head as well? These are things you as a parent can ask that adds to the classroom teaching. This develops Critical Thing Skills not often given in school .
We are at home at 60 and have all three. When my wife and I got CV-19 they were very helpful in just keeping track. We have tracked our BP for over a decade and the temperature and O2 are the first we add whenever we do not feel "up to par".
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Very useful information. 😉
Hey Dr Campbell, Very helpful. Thank You : )
If you are over 50 - I would suggest you add a glucose test kit... mine served as a warning to me, and saved me a LOT of future damage to myself! As you get older your body no longer processes foods in the way that it once did.
Thank you Doctor. Very clear and easily understood. You're a good teacher.
Thank you, John, I have all three plus an Accu-Chek Mobile blood sugar monitor. I am always told not to talk while checking blood pressure and also to have my arm at the same level as my heart.
Good advice, your BP and heart rate rise a bit while talking.
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Good to have these. I had a wrist BP cuff but that's not so reliable and I got rid of it.
I agree it's good to know what's normal for you...