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Date: | Fri, 5 Jun 1998 17:30:04 -0400 |
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Barbara said:
>I use it -- along with my hands -- to get a quick check of the
>situation. If I get a reading of above 101 oral equiv, I then take one
>another way, either axillary or rectal or oral depending on the victim, >er, patient. I use it as a diagnostic tool.
This is exactly how I use mine except it's got to read *really* high
(like 103 or more) for me to take an oral or axillary too. After all,
it rarely matters *exactly* what their temperature is. I try not to
take it at all because once I get a number I feel the need to see if
it's gone up or down every 4 hours or so. Once they've had a fever for
more than 3 days or so I start wanting to know numbers. And, if they
feel really, really hot I want to know the number although it still
rarely makes any difference. I try to apply my univeral test: what
would a cave mother do? Tepid bath, nurse, nurse, nurse...
Dee Thompson <[log in to unmask])
in stormy Beaufort, SC where the weather siren wailed all night long and
I just now got to turn the computer back on.
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