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Technical Information
Equipment Response Time
Example - SpO
2
Exponential Averaging
SpO
2
decreases 0.75% per second (7.5% over 10 seconds)
Pulse Rate = 75 BPM
Specific to this example:
• The response of the 4-beat average is 1.5 seconds.
• The response of the 8-beat average is 3 seconds.
Pulse Rate Values
Response
Latency
Standard/Fast Averaged Pulse Rate
4 beat exponential
2 beats
Extended Averaged Pulse Rate
8 beat exponential
2 beats