Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 13 MAS 316 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Oxygen Saturation Ranges
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The idea
References differ slightly on expected oxygen saturation.
In practice
One nursing text gives a target of ninety-four to ninety-eight percent for adults, and eighty-eight to ninety-two for some patients with COPD; a federal health site calls ninety-five to one hundred percent normal.
Where people slip
Use the practice's parameters, and report any reading below them.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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