Reading Your Results - Nonin GO2 LED Achieve User Manual

Reading Your Results

When you put your finger in the GO
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The numbers you see show:
• the amount of oxygen in your blood, displayed as %SpO
• your Pulse Rate, displayed as a 2 or 3 digit number, measuring the number
of times your heart beats per minute.
At the bottom of the display window, a tricolor LED Pulse Quality Indicator shows the pulse
signal quality, while blinking at the corresponding pulse rate. This display changes colors to
alert you to changes in pulse quality that may affect the readings: green - good pulse signal,
yellow - marginal pulse signal, and red - an inadequate pulse signal.
If you are not getting a pulse rate reading and your pulse quality indicator is marginal or
inadequate, warm the finger or reposition to another finger.
After the startup sequence, the GO
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blinking pulse quality indicator). Allow the device to stabilize, observing about 4 seconds of
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LED Achieve, you'll notice an LED display come on.
; and
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LED Achieve begins sensing the pulse (indicated by the
continuous green-colored pulse quality before relying on the displayed values. It is common
for the displayed values to fluctuate slightly over a period of several seconds. If the pulse
quality indicator blinks yellow or red, try another finger.
A minus sign (-) appears in the left-most digit of the %SpO
Achieve senses that the finger has been removed. The last measured SpO
values freeze for 10 seconds, then the device turns off. The device will automatically shut off
(to conserve battery life) approximately 10 seconds after the finger is removed, or after a
2-minute period of inadequate pulse signals.
Pulse Quality Indicator
display when the GO LED
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and pulse rate
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Percent Oxygen Saturation
Pulse Rate
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