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Originally Posted by Donger
Why'd you leave off this?
And the shortage of oxygen, given the high number of Covid-19 patients, has also pressured the system to conserve supply.
"Given the acute need to conserve oxygen, effective immediately, EMS should only administer supplemental oxygen to patients with oxygen saturation below 90%," EMS said in a memo to ambulance crews Monday.
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Why would you give oxygen to a patient whose oxygen level isn't that low?
At this level, a patient wouldn't meet criteria for home oxygen, and wouldn't meet criteria for admission based on oxygen status.
Basically this is saying, "Make sure that patients who you are giving oxygen to actually need oxygen"