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Wow I'm sorry to hear about this :( well I don't know about the rest but onthe oxygen saturation levels the normal is about 90%. They should of put some oxygen on her to bring her oxygen up. But they may have had their own reason for not doing it. Sadly there is a lot of things that happen to mothers due to lack of care. But instead of getting advice off of here, I would suggest the family go to a lawyer and talk it over. Again I'm very sorry to hear about this :( Best of luck.

An oxygen saturation of 66% is critically low. They should have had her on oxygen, yes. Her sugar being 200 and something isn't terrible. I've seen it much higher. They should have been checking her sugars very regularly and giving her the short acting insulin if it was high. I don't think the fact that they DID NOT give her the long acting insulin was that big of a problem. She probably was not eating as much and the short acting would have done the job in the interim. Taking her off the fetal monitor knowing her baby's heart rate was decelerating was not a good thing. The fetal heart rate being in the 60s-90s is extremely dangerous. A high blood gas probably means that she had high levels of CO2 in her blood. I'm sorry that this happened to your friend. It is a very sad thing that happened.

Wow, that's a disaster.It was right to hold the long acting insulin - low blood sugars are far more dangerous than high ones. She should have been having her sugars checked 3-4 times a day, and been given short acting (regular) insulin to keep the sugars in a normal range.Oxygen saturation should be above 90%. Below that, the available oxygen in the blood drops precipitously. She absolutely should have been on supplemental O2 if she was even close to 90%. 66% is awful IF the reading was correct. Pulse oximeters are subject to artifact (false readings) with motion, so that applies only if the reading was real. If she was moving her finger, or if the clip was dislodged from her finger, the machine might read a low number even if she's fine. A fetal heart rate in the 60-90 range is fetal distress, and is reason for IMMEDIATE intervention. Sometimes the intervention could be as simple as extra oxygen for Mom and shifting position; sometimes it's an emergency C-section. Normal heart rates for the fetus is 120-150; a little slower or faster might be tolerated. Normal heart rate for Mom is 60-100, depending on her physical condition and the circumstances. Normal oxygen saturation is >95% on room air - most of us are 98% or higher.Her care needs to be reviewed. I'd suggest that she get a copy of her medical records ASAP (so that nobody tries to cover anything up), and then send a letter of complaint to the hospital, the state medical board, and the state board of health. If she feels a need to sue, there may be grounds for it, from your description of events. Condolences for her loss.