British Thoracic Society Guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings

The full Guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings, published in Thorax1 provides an update to the 2008 BTS Emergency oxygen guideline.2 The following is a summary of the recommendations and good practice points. The sections noted to within this summary refer to the full guideline sections. #### Philosophy of the guideline 1. Assessing patients