Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer MODEL# 2000C
Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer MODEL# 2000C
Product Features
.Gentle Stroke of Forehead captures naturally emitted heat from skin over temporal artery
.Red LED lights and soft beep indicate correct scan
.Takes 1,000 readings per second, selecting the most accurate
.Arterial Heat Balance computers the correct temperature
The TemporalScanner Thermometer is a totally non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology providing maximum ease of use with quick, consistently accurate measurements. Advanced, patented technology measures temperatures with a gentle stroke across the forehead. The TemporalScanner Thermometer has been clinically tested for accuracy compared to rectal thermometers and temperature sensors inserted in the heart during course of patient treatment and accepted for use in major hospitals, making it the ideal thermometer for use with newborns, infants, children or adults. The TemporalScanner has patented software, providing arterial heat balance. This unique process determines temperature by accurately measuring the balance between the tissues warming from arterial blood and tissues cooling (warming) caused by heat loss (gain) to the environment.
Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer MODEL# 2000C Reviews
The Exergen has to be the best baby product invented. Ever been awake wondering how high your feverish sleeping child’s temp is but afraid to wake her checking? No problem!
The ONLY complaint (which still doesn’t prevent me from giving this product a 5 rating) is that there is no backlight. You have to move to a lit area in the dark to read the result. Also, when first using, it is best to test your scanner when there is no fever. I find that 98.6 is not always a consistent baseline. Learn each person’s base temp before the fever begins.
IMPORTANT - if the patient has a hot forehead due to sunburn and you suspect a fever developing, use another non-forehead means to double check. We gave our child fever-reducing medicine only to realize the “sunstroke fever” turned out to be heat from sunburn on the skin itself. Apply some aloe vera, wait, and then check when the skin has had a chance to recover a bit. Double check with alternate thermometer.
Of course, I also find that the “lip test” is great too. An old pro taught it to me. If you touch your lips to your child’s forehead, you can easily tell if the heat you felt with your hand is fever or just a warm body. I can almost as accurately predict the temperature with the lip test, but always use my Exergen forehead scan to confirm.
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