Smoking and Pregnancy...Helping to break the link
It is never too late to stop smoking. Every cigarette you decide not to smoke will help you and your baby's health. A baby in the womb receives everything from its mother. Nutrients and oxygen come via the placenta and umbilical cord. Smoking not only exposes the foetus to toxins in tobacco smoke, but it also damages placental function.
When a person smokes, some of the oxygen in their blood is replaced by carbon monoxide. If a pregnant woman smokes, her blood and therefore her child's blood will contain less oxygen than normal. This can cause the foetal heart rate to rise as the baby struggles to get enough oxygen.
As well as displaying the mother’s CO levels in parts per million (PPM) the Baby CO will immediately display the carbon monoxide levels (%FCOHB) of the unborn foetus.    

The Smoke Check is the most cost effective Carbon Monoxide monitor available in the World. The Smoke Check has been designed as a simple screening test for cigarette consumption. With its single switch operation, and single breath requirement, the Smoke Check will instantly provide an indication to a persons smoking habits.
Results are given in PPM and are backed up with bright colour light indicators. When used in conjunction with the smoking cessation guide chart, %COHB levels are readily available. Smoke Checks extreme portability and ease of use make it the ideal tool for all types of healthcare professionals wanting to screen cigarette consumption.
The release of Smoke Check now means you have the choice of two CO monitors from Micro Medical. The Micro CO is still considered the most advanced carbon monoxide monitor available today. The Micro CO combined with COBRA software for performing and storing CO breath tests on your PC can certainly be considered as the gold standard.    

The Micro CO is the gold standard in CO breath testing, and is the most advanced system currently available today. Some of its many features include, fast response time, 1ppm resolution, immediate display of CO levels in PPM & %COHB, colour light indicators, capable of interfacing with COBRA, a windows based software package for performing and storing real time breath tests on your PC.
A unique benefit of COBRA is that all reports produced can be created in your local language using the currently installed character set of your Windows installation.    

 Based on a MicroSoft word document, the CO report can easily be customised with logo’s, headings and other useful information.A single icon click launches a CO test, allowing real time control and display once connected to the Micro CO. Being a Word document, it can saved under any file name to any folder or sub directory.A unique benefit of COBRA is that all reports produced can be created in your local language using the currently installed character set on your Windows installation. COBRA provides two different word templates (or Carbon Monoxide Reports). They will appear as CO Report 1 and 2 icons on your PC’s desktop. The first CO report can be used for a single CO test. The second CO report is more suitable if you want to follow the evolution of a patient’s CO level.