Sunday, December 13, 2015

Oxygen Saturation

Lesson #2 of Irene's pseudo-nursing school is (say it together class)

Ox-zen-gen-A-shin

Asthmatics have problems with oxygenation. They "de-sat" a lot meaning they don't pull in enough air not to go light headed and fall over. 

Normal range 95-100

Bad ranges below 80

Jason was just 79. 
I leaned him Forward and did chest PT like I did when he was little. 

Chest PT- Cup your hand and beat the crap out of his ribs and upper back. It helps loosen mucus in the lungs.

The nurse went to get albuterol and his 1-1 helped me to get him to sit up straight. He is back up to 96. 

As Sgt Murtaugh would say:

"I'm too old for this shit." 

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