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Originally Posted by SupDock
Sure, comfort oxygen.
If we are at a time of oxygen conservation, they are telling providers not to give comfort oxygen.
You are correct, donger, below 90 we generally give oxygen
A lot of people saturate normally in the low '90s due to chronic conditions. it varies based on insurance, but insurance won't even pay for home oxygen unless you are 90 or less either with rest or exertion
if you were in the emergency department with saturations below 90, and this persists, you will generally qualify for admission for oxygen requirement
People are regularly discharged from the ER with oxygen and the low 90s
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Yea but that doesn't sound nearly as scary as "EMTs directed to let people die in the streets due to no comfort oxygen available!"