It's hard to say what my admitting SpO2 was. It was a bit of a blur. If I had to guess, it was 92%. For my low baseline, it probably looked worse to them than it really was.
It really wasn't that unusual. I'm pointing out my low baseline because that was something that kept me in the hospital longer, I think.
Not trying to get too personal here, I understand if you decline to answer, but is your lower baseline due to underlying factors such as COPD?
I do not have a root cause for the low baseline. I'm going to investigate, though.
Generally speaking it’s COPD. (Typically chronic bronchitis.) That may not be true for you but if you’ve never looked into it sleep apnea may be at play. Look into getting in a sleep study to see if you fit the criteria where having a CPAP at night can help you. Everyone I know that did this raves about improvement in their quality of life.
Yup. All that has been brought up. Hopefully, it's something simple.
Cool man. Sounds like you're in with some good providers.
We are trained to put someone on a nasal cannula under 95% by the way. The hospital is a lot more stingy than the ambulance.