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Case 08 — Differential saturations

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Case 08 — Differential saturations

Handover

Femoral VA, native output coming back. The legs are pink and well saturated. Right-hand SpO₂ is 78% and the right-radial ABG is dark. The membrane looks fine. Lower-body sats are in the high 80s.

Uncorrected hypoxemia, shock, or a dead circuit progresses to pre-arrest, then a code.

Goals

  • · Upper body SpO₂ ≥ 90%
  • · Differential hypoxemia resolved