{"id":9739,"date":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-oxygen-therapy-facts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:52:10","slug":"respiratory-therapy-oxygen-therapy-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-oxygen-therapy-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Therapy Oxygen Therapy Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Oxygen As A Drug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oxygen is classified as a drug and must be prescribed with a specific flow rate or concentration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High Flow Therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High flow nasal cannula can deliver up to sixty liters per minute and helps wash out dead space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SpO2 Monitoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pulse oximetry measures oxygen saturation but may be inaccurate in low perfusion states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oxygen Delivery Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Devices such as nasal cannulas masks and high flow systems support different patient needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oxygen Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proper handling and monitoring are essential to prevent oxygen related hazards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-equipment-basics\">Respiratory Therapy Equipment Basics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-clinical-training\">Respiratory Therapy Clinical Training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/respiratory-therapy-patient-assessment\">Respiratory Therapy Patient Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxygen As A Drug Oxygen is classified as a drug and must be prescribed with a specific flow rate or concentration. High Flow Therapy High flow nasal cannula can deliver up to sixty liters per minute and helps wash out dead space. SpO2 Monitoring Pulse oximetry measures oxygen saturation but may be inaccurate in low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[37,36,35],"class_list":["post-9739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-respiratory-therapy","tag-respiratory-therapist","tag-respiratory-therapy","tag-rt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9772,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739\/revisions\/9772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtstudents.com\/radiologyhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}