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by nradov 1416 days ago
Hyperventilation doesn't significantly increase blood oxygen saturation. A healthy person near sea level will already be close to 100% so there's no room for increase. This is normally measured using an optical sensor.

Blood O2 and CO2 percentages don't sum to 100%. O2 saturation refers to the percentage of hemoglobin molecules which have oxygen bound. Only some CO2 is transported bound to hemoglobin.