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A4. Most non-hypoxaemic breathless patients do not benefit from oxygen therapy, but a sudden reduction of ≥3% in a patient's oxygen saturation within the target saturation range should prompt fuller assessment of the patient (and the oximeter signal) because this may be the first evidence of an acute illness (grade D). The requirement for an increased concentration of oxygen is an indication for urgent clinical reassessment of the patient (and repeat blood gas measurements in most instances, see recommendations W13 and W18 for exceptions). Humidified oxygen reduces this effect and can assist in breaking down a patient’s respiratory secretions, making them easier to clear. All patients requiring oxygen therapy will have a prescription for oxygen therapy recorded on the patients drug prescription chart. N.B exceptions- see emergency situations HFNO is available in critical care areas and certain acute medical units and respiratory wards. Consider the use of HFNO in patients who are requiring high concentrations of oxygen (e.g. FiO 2>40%) after discussion with senior medical staff.

guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients

Although certain factors, such as how fast you breathe and the size of your breaths, slightly impact the FiO2, there's a pretty good guideline to follow when determining your FiO2.However, this is NOT a long-term solution, and unless they can be titrated down, patients will need to be transitioned to a BIPAP, HFNC, or intubation, unless they can be titrated down. A one-way valve prevents exhaled air from entering the reservoir bag (the exhaled air exits via vents on the sides of the mask)

Oxygen - delivery devices - Oxford Medical Education

A change in delivery device (without an increase in O2 therapy) does not require review by the medical team. Your oxygen percentage increases when you wear supplemental oxygen, depending on how much oxygen your machine delivers. Although wearing supplemental oxygen does not change the percentage of oxygen in the air surrounding you, it changes the percentage of the oxygen you inhale. This percentage is known as FiO2. Oxygen should be titrated up or down by trained nursing staff as shown on flow chart to maintain oxygen saturations in target range. A rebreather mask and a non-breather mask look similar, but a non-breather mask delivers a high oxygen concentration. So, for a non-breather mask, the liter flow goes between 8 to 15 liters, with the oxygen percentage ranging between 60 and 90. The bag must be kept inflated, and the liter flow must never be decreased to less than 8 liters. If the patient is not critically unwell, consider increasing oxygen by increments (e.g. from 3L via nasal cannulae to a white Venturi mask – FiO 2 28% at 4L/min)

It is also an alternative to BIPAP other than those patients who are hypercarbic (high CO2 levels like in COPD).