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Emergency oxygen for respiratory patients
When is emergency oxygen used
Successful oxygen delivery depends no adequate ventilation, gas exchange and circulation
Insufficient oxygen therapy can lead to cardiac arrhytmias, tissue injury, damage yo the vital organs and ultimately death.
The major risk for most patients so that they Will be given tooo little oxygen.
Assessing need for oxygen therapy
Early recognition of the need for oxygen can be difficult as clínicas fractures are often non- specific, including altered metal state, dyspnoea, cyanosis, tachypnoea, cardiac arrhytmias and coma
Oxygen saturación shoyld be checked bye pulse oximetry in all breathless and acutely ill patients
It si describes as the fifth vital sign "Pulse Oximetry"
Pulse oximetry should be available in all places where emergency oxygen si usted.
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Administration of oxygen therapy
Oxygen therapy administration can be described as controles ir uncontrolled.
In the majority of patients, a decir that provides uncontrolled por variable oxygen can be used with no adverse effects
Oxygen is the most commonly used drug in emergency medicine and when used judiciously in the treatment of hypoxaemia it undoubtedly saves life
