Watches & Calculators (?)

[NomadicMedic]

@VentMonkey This goes along with what I said previously. It's more important to be able to quickly determine if a pulse is too fast or too slow. Or, more worrying, if it's absent. That's really the only time I care about the numbers. And I certainly aren't counting those beats out on my watch.

 

[VentMonkey]

@VentMonkey This goes along with what I said previously. It's more important to be able to quickly determine if a pulse is too fast or too slow. Or, more worrying, if it's absent. That's really the only time I care about the numbers. And I certainly aren't counting those beats out on my watch.

Yep, no arguments from me here. Watches, and calculators are the least of most experienced field providers worries.

Op, like anything else, this job is mainly common sense, and practicality. Enter either interchangeably as you see fit with each, and every patient and the second hand not working on your watch won't matter much. I get the aesthetics of a cool watch, or "geekiness" of a good app or calculator, but none of them make or break a provider, right?

 

[medichopeful]

I wear a digital G-Shock. I was thinking about getting a smart watch, then smashed my G-Shock into something harder than my arm and realized it would have a short life expectancy.

As far as what it may look like being on my phone, I just explain what I'm doing.