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I agree totally! We need to treat our patients, not our machines!

Thanks for the tip!

I've noticed this happening on several FR Units in my tri-county area. I'm not saying it happens everywhere, but it's defiantly a problem. fireEMS did a story on it and I'm just trying to further the research and make sure everyone is on the same page.

I'm in the process of writing a paper on the adverse effects of hyperoxygenation in the pre-hospital setting. It's something that bugs me, every patient get 15LPM NRB, regardless their respiratory condition. Not only do I think it's abusing O2 therapy, the more I have researched it, the more information there is available on how hyperoxygenating patients can be harmful. I'd like to compile any available research on this subject in to a paper (possibly publish in a variety of EMS journals) and see if we can do something about this. If anyone has any information on this subject, or would like to contribute any knowledge, that would be most helpful. Thanks guys!