What would happen to arterial oxygen saturation in a person

What would happen to arterial oxygen saturation in a person with asthma who has a reduction in tidal volume from 2 liters/breath to 1 liter/breath and an increase in breathing frequency from 30 breaths per min to 60 breaths per min?

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The normal breath rate is 8 breaths /min, from the data it shows that there is acute failure of the respiratory system and the condition is termed as the acute failure of the lungs resulting in severe asthama condition and there is will be no supply of oxygen to the ateries and viens resulting in cardiac arrest followed by failure of lungs.This condition has to be treated at the earliest