David Rind wrote:
That's probably not a very good plan. Most people don't show 100% at sea
level, and if your usual resting O2 saturation is 95% at sea level, you
still don't want to drop below 90% in the air for the reason that Dave
S. mentioned -- the oxygen content of the blood drops off rapidly below
a saturation of 90%.


We will routinely put anybody with an SaO2 of less than 90% on oxygen in the
hospital where I work. I generally run around 95% myself on room air.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

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