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Worried about DH sats level

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crushedgrape · 18/12/2021 19:55

Sorry I know we hate these threads and the default answer is don't asked the internet for medical advice etc. but here I am asking, what would you do??

DS and lots of his class were ill earlier in the week, all negative PCRs, just a bad cold bug (we all had Covid in October).

DH started to feel unwell yesterday, negative LFT so think it's just caught off DS. Today he has been asleep on and off all day, temp between 37.8 and 38.9. He sounds short of breath, quite wheezy and rattly. I've borrowed an oximeter and he was at 95 earlier, now settling at 92.

He's done another lft and still negative, PCR booked tomorrow. He's eating and drinking a bit.

He has heart failure. I think we need to ring 111 but he's refusing, I don't know what to do. What do you do when a grown man is refusing??

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itsme1978 · 18/12/2021 19:57

Short of breath and in heart failure? Call 999

Rexthesnail · 18/12/2021 19:58

999

Flyingbymypants · 18/12/2021 19:58

It's the overall picture that's concerning rather than the sats level alone. Heart failure, temp 38.9, more breathless, sats 92 percent....I agree he needs medical review.

Orangetractor · 18/12/2021 20:00

He needs to see a HCP can you take him to hospital?

AColdDuncanGoodhew · 18/12/2021 20:01

cardiac theatre nurse and previous cardiac ICU here, I'd also be going through 999 given his history and symptoms

CoffeeRunner · 18/12/2021 20:02

I agree unfortunately. Heart failure, shortness of breath, low SATS & a high temp are not the best combination. 999.

Aquamarine1029 · 18/12/2021 20:02

I wouldn't give a shit what he's refusing, I'd say I refuse to risk his life. Call 999.

De88 · 18/12/2021 20:02

Yep. If he's refusing will he let you ring for you??

InTheLabyrinth · 18/12/2021 20:18

Is that 92 after sitting (lying?) for a bit?
Can you get him to move around a bit, and retake it to see if it will rise?

But yes, the whole set of issues suggests medical advice should be sort.

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crushedgrape · 18/12/2021 20:21

Thanks all for confirming what I thought. Just been and woken him up and showed him the answers, did his readings again and sats were higher at 94 and temp 37.8, heart rate 95.

He wants to wait half an hour before making the call. At least it's heading in the right direction.

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crushedgrape · 18/12/2021 20:22

@InTheLabyrinth they were taken whilst he was asleep, the last ones he was awake and sitting up a bit.

I think he'll let me ring in a bit.

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BrutusMcDogface · 18/12/2021 20:23

I’d be calling 999 personally, whether he wanted me to or not. I hope he’s ok. 💐

BrutusMcDogface · 18/12/2021 20:23

Cross posted with your last message, sorry. Good 👍

LynnInAVan · 18/12/2021 20:25

Better to regret ringing for help than not

Billyliarohdear · 18/12/2021 20:27

When I read the part where you throw heart failure into the mix I was really shocked you hadn't already called 999.

Get them called.

Reallybadidea · 18/12/2021 20:29

I think a trip to A&E would be a good idea, but unless he deteriorates I would take him in the car rather than call 999.

SpanielsAreMyLife · 18/12/2021 20:29

Given how long it may take to get help, I'd ring now OP.

DH has got AF, and we had a scary moment when he got a chest infection earlier in the month - his heart rate was jumping up to 155 bpm and going as low at 45 bpm moments later. Our GP was great over the phone, told him to go to the surgery and he was given antibiotics and an inhaler.

Mama1980 · 18/12/2021 20:35

It's likely to take a while tonight for an ambulance. I'd call 999 now given his history.

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crushedgrape · 18/12/2021 20:38

Thank you all, he is going to come downstairs and see how he feels and what that does to his readings with a view to calling 111.

We live 5 minutes from the hospital, so will be quicker to run him up there rather than 999 at the moment.

He is incredibly stubborn and needs to be coerced in to things.

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RB68 · 18/12/2021 20:42

I wuld say he will likely have to wait for an ambo anyway so get the cll in now

Wavypurple · 18/12/2021 20:45

Do not call 111 go to A&E now, please. I hope you are both okay.

InTheLabyrinth · 18/12/2021 20:47

Just be aware your O2 level naturally drop when you sleep, so any increase is likely to be due to waking and moving, not an improvement in his underlying condition

LunaTheCat · 18/12/2021 20:49

GP here - ring 999
You can get a combination infection and heart failure - infection puts more stress on the heart.
Take care .💐

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crushedgrape · 18/12/2021 20:49

He's now awake properly, sat up and sats have gone to 95 so better but thankfully he is in the phone to 111. If he is told by a medical person to go to a&e he will do, he hates the thought of wasting anyone's time and also suffers from head in the sand.

We're getting there.

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stilldumdedumming · 18/12/2021 20:55

Ok a different situation entirely but I have lived with two men (separately) who routinely would not let me call an ambulance despite long term illnesses. But we had kids and so I told the children that if they were ever in doubt they should call 999 as I never wanted them to be in a situation that they regretted not acting - regardless of what their dad told them. 2 years ago I took my own advice and called despite protestations- and it saved his life. I will now always make my own decisions. I hope that isn't too dramatic. It's just my approach now based on my experience.