Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I'm only a couple months on this board and I see frequent reference to 'sats' and 'stats' which I'm guessing are related to oxygen saturation levels, correct?From what I found online, we want to strive be above 90% oxygen saturation levels to maintain, what? A healthy level of oxygen in the blood? Is that the goal?From what I've seen on this board, many members are able to check their oxygen saturation levels at will. Even going from room to room. This leads me to believe there's some sort of device for home use that can provide these readouts.I see these Pulse Oximeters online for anywhere from $40+ to over $200. Is this the device members are using to check their oxygen saturation levels?Thanks for the education!Cuyler start: 0000-00-00 end: 0000-00-00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Cuyler, You are absolutely correct. Sats (or stats as some post it) refers to your oxygen saturation level. Sats is just a short way of saying saturations. I'm not sure where "stats" comes from. And yes once again many of us have purchased our own oximeter for use at home. It's like being a diabetic and being able to monitor your own blood sugar. If my sats fall below 90 consistently I can do two things, one, turn my oxygen up so that my O2 level rises and stablizes and two, let my doctor know that I'm needing more oxygen to maintain levels above 90. When you purchase an oximeter make sure that you buy one that is FDA approved for medical use. You don't want one that is meant to be used for sports or aviation. They will not be as accurate as one that is meant to be used by people like us. Here is a link. The oximeter on the left is one that many people here have purchased. http://www.portablenebs.com/oximeters.htm Hope that helps! Beth Moderator Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 To: "Breathe-Support " <Breathe-Support >Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:29:22 PMSubject: Sats or Stats I'm only a couple months on this board and I see frequent reference to 'sats' and 'stats' which I'm guessing are related to oxygen saturation levels, correct?From what I found online, we want to strive be above 90% oxygen saturation levels to maintain, what? A healthy level of oxygen in the blood? Is that the goal?From what I've seen on this board, many members are able to check their oxygen saturation levels at will. Even going from room to room. This leads me to believe there's some sort of device for home use that can provide these readouts.I see these Pulse Oximeters online for anywhere from $40+ to over $200. Is this the device members are using to check their oxygen saturation levels?Thanks for the education!Cuylerstart: 0000-00-00 end: 0000-00-00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 yes we do have the pulse oximeters to check our SATs -- oxygen saturation level in the blood they also check your pulse or heart rate at the same time yes you do need to keep your o2 above 90% the actual % is 87 or 88, I never rremember, but its easier to think 90 and anything lower can do organ damage you put the oximeter on your finger when you want to take a reading when i bought mine people recommended the nonin 9500 today there are cheaper models that people seem to be happy with you do need a prescription from your doctor to get one my insurance would not pay for it, some people have insurance that will pay for it it helps us know when we need to use oxygen and when to increase or decrease the liters per minute (lpm's ) chicken soup with alphabet noodles tastes a lot better than learning all of the pulmonary fibrosis alphabet soup -- sat, delco, ipf, pft, 6mw, etc, etc, etc, Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- Subject: Sats or StatsTo: "Breathe-Support " <Breathe-Support >Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 7:29 PM I'm only a couple months on this board and I see frequent reference to 'sats' and 'stats' which I'm guessing are related to oxygen saturation levels, correct?From what I found online, we want to strive be above 90% oxygen saturation levels to maintain, what? A healthy level of oxygen in the blood? Is that the goal?From what I've seen on this board, many members are able to check their oxygen saturation levels at will. Even going from room to room. This leads me to believe there's some sort of device for home use that can provide these readouts.I see these Pulse Oximeters online for anywhere from $40+ to over $200. Is this the device members are using to check their oxygen saturation levels?Thanks for the education!Cuylerstart: 0000-00-00 end: 0000-00-00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hi Pink, If you order an oximeter on line you do not need a prescription. Love and Prayers, Peggy IPF 2004, FloridaWorry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up. yes we do have the pulse oximeters to check our SATs -- oxygen saturation level in the blood they also check your pulse or heart rate at the same time yes you do need to keep your o2 above 90% the actual % is 87 or 88, I never rremember, but its easier to think 90 and anything lower can do organ damage you put the oximeter on your finger when you want to take a reading when i bought mine people recommended the nonin 9500 today there are cheaper models that people seem to be happy with you do need a prescription from your doctor to get one my insurance would not pay for it, some people have insurance that will pay for it it helps us know when we need to use oxygen and when to increase or decrease the liters per minute (lpm's ) chicken soup with alphabet noodles tastes a lot better than learning all of the pulmonary fibrosis alphabet soup -- sat, delco, ipf, pft, 6mw, etc, etc, etc, Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- On Sun, 8/30/09, Cuyler Griffith <orion404 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: From: Cuyler Griffith <orion404 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>Subject: Sats or StatsTo: "Breathe-Support " <Breathe-Support >Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 7:29 PM I'm only a couple months on this board and I see frequent reference to 'sats' and 'stats' which I'm guessing are related to oxygen saturation levels, correct?From what I found online, we want to strive be above 90% oxygen saturation levels to maintain, what? A healthy level of oxygen in the blood? Is that the goal?From what I've seen on this board, many members are able to check their oxygen saturation levels at will. Even going from room to room. This leads me to believe there's some sort of device for home use that can provide these readouts.I see these Pulse Oximeters online for anywhere from $40+ to over $200. Is this the device members are using to check their oxygen saturation levels?Thanks for the education!Cuylerstart: 0000-00-00 end: 0000-00-00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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