What is the point of flush rate O2? Getting blasted in the face with 25 plus LPM is ridiculous, If 15 LPM does not work, then they need to be BIPAP or CPAP or BVM with peep, for rural services, flush rate is an unnecessary waste with little improvement, we have limited qualities of O2 .
Thanks for the comment and for watching. I think understanding the population of patients this is used for is important. The context of flush rate oxygen is in those patients who are being prepared for intubation so, by definition, critically ill. This isn’t used for your run of the mill patients with shortness of breath. The point of flush rate oxygen, by both BiPAP and nasal cannula, is to maximize safe apneic time during intubation and decrease peri-intubation hypoxia and cardiac arrest. I’d say that is neither unnecessary nor a waste. While the patient may be “blasted in the face” with 25 lpm of oxygen, they are critically ill and sedated in preparation for RSI.
What is the point of flush rate O2? Getting blasted in the face with 25 plus LPM is ridiculous, If 15 LPM does not work, then they need to be BIPAP or CPAP or BVM with peep, for rural services, flush rate is an unnecessary waste with little improvement, we have limited qualities of O2 .
Thanks for the comment and for watching. I think understanding the population of patients this is used for is important. The context of flush rate oxygen is in those patients who are being prepared for intubation so, by definition, critically ill. This isn’t used for your run of the mill patients with shortness of breath. The point of flush rate oxygen, by both BiPAP and nasal cannula, is to maximize safe apneic time during intubation and decrease peri-intubation hypoxia and cardiac arrest. I’d say that is neither unnecessary nor a waste. While the patient may be “blasted in the face” with 25 lpm of oxygen, they are critically ill and sedated in preparation for RSI.