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Subject: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


Author:
Jane
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Date Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012, 04:02: pm
 There is nothing worse than when something wakes my sleeping child.  When they're sick, getting them to sleep can sometimes be near impossible, so the thought of waking them to take their temperature upsets me for many reasons...

KidzMed Veratemp Non-Contact Thermometer has solved this problem!  It uses a totally safe infrared technology to measure the heat radiating off of your child's forehead.  All you have to do is get within 2-3 inches of their forehead, press the scan button and instantly their temperature is displayed on the screen.  It has a backlit LCD screen, making it easy to read even in a dark room.

One of the features I like best about it is that the screen changes color based on the temperature; the color will show green if the temperature is between 97.3­°F and 99.1°F (36.3°C and 37.3°C), orange if between 99.3°F and 100.2°F (37.4°C and 37.9°C), and red if the temperature is greater than 100.4°F (38°C).  This shows me when the temperature is in fact higher than normal (in case my half-awake mind isn't clear enough to think straight in the middle of the night).

I was curious if the KidzMed would take a reading similar to the other thermometers we had. I figured it would probably differ a bit, as it measures the temperature from the forehead rather than rectally or through the ear.  My baby had been sick and running a fever.  The pediatrician suggests not using the ear thermometer we have, as a baby's ear canal is too small to get an accurate reading, so I usually take his temperature rectally and we hate it!  The last time I took his temperature, it read normal (yay!) and I decided to see how the KidzMed would read...



As you can see, it was almost exactly the same!  I am so glad to have something that I know will give me an accurate reading, and avoid the rectal thermometer forever!!

When my daughter became sick, I went right to the KidzMed.



You can see the LCD display was orange, as her temperature was a bit higher than normal. She was, in fact, running a low-grade fever.  Poor thing.

My son was sick and running a fever the other evening.  I didn't take his temperature before he went to bed, but his forehead was hot, his cheeks were flushed and his eyes were glossy.  I know temperatures can often get higher at night, so when I wanted to take his temperature before I went to bed I grabbed the KidzMed. I pushed the scan button and nothing happened. What?!  Dead batteries. And no more AAA batteries in the house. Bummer!! I had to get out the ear thermometer, turn on the light (since it doesn't light up to show me the temperature and I can't see in the dark), and wake him to take his temperature. BOO!  Needless to say, the very next day we went and got more batteries so I wouldn't be without the KidzMed anymore!

The KidzMed Thermometer can also measure the temperature of the room as well as the surface temperature of objects.  To change the mode to one of these, simply press the mode button until it is at the desired mode, then press the scan button to find out the temperature!  This is great to measure the temperature of your baby's bath water, food, bottles, and even the temperature of their room.  I measured the room temperature next to our thermostat, as well as the temperature of some water I heated for our oatmeal.


The KidzMed Thermometer will store the last 32 readings in it's memory, and are easy to go back to just by pressing the memory button.

I am so glad we have the KidzMed!  Sickness is never fun, but the KidzMed has made it a little less painful.
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[> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


Author:
Rob
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Date Posted: Monday, August 27, 2012, 04:56: pm
Uhm...this is a "rectal" temperature board. We advocate using the most accurate method..which is in fact rectal.

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Rick
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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 11:33: am
Looks like an advertisement to me or just someone teasing us.

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[> [> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


Author:
John
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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 12:00: pm
Rectal temps. are the "preferred method" for people who have an rt fetish. The rest of the world, and medical community, are using cutting edge technology. Twenty years from now, (or less), the only folks left on this planet who will recall using glass rectal thermometers, will be those collecting social security. There's nothing wrong with wanting to continue taking your temp rectally. I think it's a long stretch of the imagination to assume that you have a large following.

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[> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


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guest118
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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 04:23: pm
i know hi teck has run amuch I am an older guy i am 38/single/white/male/5 foot 6 tall 100 or so pounds YES a very slim or skinny guy and i remember as a litle boy MANY things BACK in the 70s and early 80s many many have no idea of .

SUCH as ONLY having 13 TV CHANNELS and WHEN THE PRESADENT or FOOTBALL was on YOU NIGHT WAS SHOT also i recall THE OLD OLD ROTARY PHONES the one with the BIG HEAVY mettel ring and the hooles to place your finger in and DIAL a number NOT ANY OF THIS PUSH BOTTON CRAP NO OUE CALL WAINTING wass IF a PARENT WAS ON THE PHONE YOU HAD TO WAINT to use it OR OR if you was to call grand may to have a night over and S EH was on the phone YOU had to WAINT till the line was clean NOT ANY OF THIS teck no crap saying HAY YOU HAVE A CALL COMMING IN and the CELLS OMG the ols PHONES like this were ONLY 4 the VERY WEAL:LTH AND OR RICH and it was a CAR PHOONE a PHONE ONLY IN THE CAR and USED BATERY POWER.

PLUS the autos we NOW have with the ABS BREAKS and XM RAIDEO WTF IF we WERE TO HAVE HAD THIS WHEN i was a KID OMG it would allways be on the FUN KIDS CHANNEL and NOT DISNIY no more goofy songs like THE STREEK BY RAY STEVENS and so on. NOW as far as THE MEDS we have OMG kids today have it SO FAR FAR FAR FAR BETTER than WE DID LOOK at the MEDS they have WHEN I WAS A SMALL LITTLE YOUNG BOY MOST MEDS were taken IN THE MOUTH OR IN THE BOTTOM OR in a NEEDEL so thoes like me THAT HAVE A DEATH FEAR OF NEEDS most meds were taken RECTALLY like PHENAGREN not any of this RUB IT IN on the rist and arm NO NO.

in my day we had to take our pants OR SHORTS depending on the time of ear take them down OR MOST OFTEN OFF then take the UNDERROOS off and let mom ot dad SLIP IN THE BIG BUN BUN BULLET as my mom called it WHEn it was temp time AGAIN lay on tummy slid down pants OR SHORTS and then underwear and feell the COLD VASALENE or COLE CREAM or A WHAT EVER LUBE was USED then lay on tthe tummy with your bare bottom exposed and a thermometer in you AS the temp was being taken . .

i am 38 as i said and i look at a RECTAL TEMPERATURE as many do a NEW INSTANT FORHEAD TEMP i look at rectal SUPPOSITORIES as most do ORAL PILLS i look at an ENEMA as most do an ORAL LAXATIVE i look at a rectal exam as most do opening the mouth and saying aaaa i am 38 and have had 3 YES 3 COLON OSCOPYS and ONE BARIUM ENEMA and 1 PROSTATE ULTRASOUND i look at them as most do a ORAL CHECK UP .

SO in closing folks to day BETTER THANK THE LORD they live like they do with all the TV like DIRECT/ DISH and the 70 or 80 PLUS on basic cable they also better thank the lord for all the teckno they have to day.

BEFOR I GO i will say this I back when i wasa boy in school I was and i am STILL AND PRIOUD TO SAY I AM A NERD AND I AM GLAD look at the GAMEING SYSTEMS like PS3/X BOX 360 AND NINTENDO Wii AND THE PC'S we have now BACK AS A BOY i was BULLED SUPER BAD DUE to BEING A NERD and NOW LOOKING BACK THE HOLE PLANIT BETTER PRAS THE GOD THEY PRAY TO BECAUSE look a at wht we HAD back in the 70s and early 80s JUMP to NOW and the years @012 and 2013 LOOK AT IT PS3 will be OLD and a NEW NEXT GEN will be out in 2013 OR 2014 a PS4 an X BOX 720 and the NEW NINTENDO SYSTEM yet to be named will be out BY 2014 OR 2015 .

also i am an older guy as i said AND THIS COMMING DECEMBER 21ST i will have HAD MY 1st AUTO YES i am a ONE TRUCK MAN i GOT MY OLD TRUCK ON DECEMBER 21ST 1990 i have a ABOUT TO BE 23 YEAR OLD GMC SONOMA SS a SPORT TRUCK . BACK in the 80s and early 90s a SUPER SPORT AUTO was one MADE for POWER or SPEED and had MANUAL WINDOS and DOORLOCKS MY OLD TRUCK has arouns 250 THOUSAND MILS ON IT yes ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION MILS ON IT over the 23 years i have had the old girl and SHE has around 210 or 220 HP .

THE TECKO HAS RUN A MUCK with cars PARKING THEM SELVES WARNING YOU OF STUFF BEHIND YOU THAT YOU CAN NOT C and ABS MAN THEY shure sucked out the DRIVER in the new cars and iI AM BETTING in a vew year MABY the next 10 to 20 WE will be like DAVID HASSEL HOFF IN the early 80s HIT NIGHT RIDER beaing able to get in outr auto and say WE ARE HEADED HER and let the car drive us ther as we SLEEP/RED or eat or so oN OMG GIVME AN OLD 23 or more old auto ANY DAY

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[> [> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


Author:
brillo
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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 05:06: pm
why are you always yelling your posts??

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Frank
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Date Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 11:15: am
So what is your point in 10 words or less (and no shouting please)?

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[> Subject: Re: KidsMed Thermometer vs Rectal Temps.


Author:
Tom2
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Date Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2012, 01:48: am
This is the second advertisement for forehead thermometers I have seen on this forum in the last week (See Also: Exergen TemporalScanner, Kids prefer it to Rectal. comment thread), and I will partially repeat what I said in that comment thread: I have read health websites which question the accuracy of the new ear and forehead thermometers when compared to taking rectal temperature with a digital thermometer in younger children, although I can sort of understand the "ick factor" that people attach to taking rectal temperature. From a personal perspective, I once had an experience with rectal temperature taking in the ER when I was 9 years old in the early 1990s which turned out to be not a big deal, and is detailed in the previously mentioned comment thread, although I will say that I do not currently use rectal temperature at home. Interestingly enough, the hospital I went to does not currently recommend using ear or forehead thermometers.

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Author:
Tim
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Date Posted: Monday, September 10, 2012, 01:29: pm
Healthcare these days, is entirely different than it was back in the day. Procedures have advanced, new legislation at the federal level is being passed, with the patient's needs in mind, and more emphasis is being placed on the patient's modesty, physical, and psychological comfort. It's also turned into a huge money game, where fat profit margins are the goal for the suppliers and manufacturers. Rectal temps. taken with a glass thermometer...or taken at all ? Not likely. There are so many alternative methods. Compare medicine to other fields. How many companies would stay in business, if they continued to sell products made in the 50's and 60's ? Oh, sure, there is a segment that would buy from them....but they would be in the minority.

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Tom2
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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 03:52: pm
As I explained in detail in the other comment thread, I was in the ER for a mouth injury which rendered taking oral temperature infeasible, armpit temperature which my Mom used for me at home was not offered at the ER, and the ear and forehead thermometers had not been developed at the time (early 1990s), nor are they currently reccomended for use by the hospital I went to. While I can understand the "ick" factor attached to rectal temperature, my first thought when the ER nurse told me what she needed to do was "um, OK", the whole experience lasted less than a few minutes in part because she used a digital thermometer and was not that big of a deal. For me this was the only time I had my rectal temperature taken at that particular hospital, and in other visits when I was in for something other than a mouth injury, they took it orally. By the way, I have never heard of any government regulations regarding the practice of rectal temperature taking in hospitals in the United States.

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