the pulse-ox at the hospital I go to has a pre-set alarm that goes off if the level drops below 85%. I usually go by that... Normally I'm around 92% on room air and 95% on 1.5-2L of O2. Mid-80's and I crank up the oxygen until I stabilize. Like others have said, the main concern is for the enormous strain on your heart to re-oxygenate your blood. For example, when I am health and at 94% my heart rate is in the 70s. When I am sucking on O2 and my stats are hovering at 88% my heart rate jumps up to 130. You might want to ask about finding a homecare company that can set you up with an oxygen compressor to use at night. Insurance probably won't give you a problem.
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A dangerous Oxygen Saturation?
- Thread starter flyfree
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the pulse-ox at the hospital I go to has a pre-set alarm that goes off if the level drops below 85%. I usually go by that... Normally I'm around 92% on room air and 95% on 1.5-2L of O2. Mid-80's and I crank up the oxygen until I stabilize. Like others have said, the main concern is for the enormous strain on your heart to re-oxygenate your blood. For example, when I am health and at 94% my heart rate is in the 70s. When I am sucking on O2 and my stats are hovering at 88% my heart rate jumps up to 130. You might want to ask about finding a homecare company that can set you up with an oxygen compressor to use at night. Insurance probably won't give you a problem.
the pulse-ox at the hospital I go to has a pre-set alarm that goes off if the level drops below 85%. I usually go by that... Normally I'm around 92% on room air and 95% on 1.5-2L of O2. Mid-80's and I crank up the oxygen until I stabilize. Like others have said, the main concern is for the enormous strain on your heart to re-oxygenate your blood. For example, when I am health and at 94% my heart rate is in the 70s. When I am sucking on O2 and my stats are hovering at 88% my heart rate jumps up to 130. You might want to ask about finding a homecare company that can set you up with an oxygen compressor to use at night. Insurance probably won't give you a problem.
the pulse-ox at the hospital I go to has a pre-set alarm that goes off if the level drops below 85%. I usually go by that... Normally I'm around 92% on room air and 95% on 1.5-2L of O2. Mid-80's and I crank up the oxygen until I stabilize. Like others have said, the main concern is for the enormous strain on your heart to re-oxygenate your blood. For example, when I am health and at 94% my heart rate is in the 70s. When I am sucking on O2 and my stats are hovering at 88% my heart rate jumps up to 130. You might want to ask about finding a homecare company that can set you up with an oxygen compressor to use at night. Insurance probably won't give you a problem.