Oxygen

Oxygen is 21% of the air we breathe.  When our lungs are damaged, obstructed, or restricted, they cannot oxygenate the blood.  Each cell in our bodies must have oxygen to live.  Raising the oxygen percentage allows more oxygen to pass in the blood.  Your physician must order oxygen. 

Delivery Modes:  There are three basic ways oxygen can be delivered.  Oxygen concentrators are the most common and they are machines that concentrate the oxygen in the air we breathe.  Compressed cylinders contain oxygen under pressure and allow portability.  This pressurized oxygen is measured in pounds-per-square-inch with a gauge, or psig.  Liquid oxygen is oxygen that has been cooled to allow it to turn into a liquid.  This liquid is converted back into a gas when it's brought back to room temperature.  Liquid systems require no electrical power and can be packaged for portability.  Carolina's Home Medical Equipment does not offer liquid oxygen systems.

Use: Once the oxygen delivery method is decided upon, an appliance must be used to deliver the oxygen to the patient.   The most common are nasal cannulas and oxygen masks.  Nasal cannulas are prongs that are inserted into the nose and are suited for most needs.  Nasal cannulas have curved prongs and the curve side should be down.  These cannulas should be changed every two weeks or whey they are soiled.  Cannulas work exactly the same whether the user is a mouth breather or a nasal breather.  When reading your flowmeter, you must read the middle of the float, not the top.

Oxygen masks cover the entire nose and mouth areas and are intended for higher flowrates and oxygen percentages.  A good seal on the face is needed to deliver accurate oxygen amounts.  The holes on the side of the mask should never be obstructed.  These ports allow your exhaled air to vent out of the mask.  The minimum flowrate on an oxygen mask is 5 LPM.

Carolina's Home Medical Equipment provides Invacare's Homefill Oxygen system and Oxygen concentrators in the Charlotte, NC area allowing patients the capability and freedom to fill their own tanks as opposed to relying on having to wait for their oxygen to be delivered.   We will setup your oxygen system at your residence in the Charlotte, NC area.

Homefill Oxygen    
                    
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The Invacare HomeFill(TM) complete home oxygen system defines ambulatory oxygen by allowing patients to fill their own high-pressure cylinders from a concentrator.

The HomeFill is a multi-stage pump that simply and safely compresses oxygen from any Invacare HomeFill compatible 5-liter or 10-liter concentrator into oxygen cylinders in sizes M2, ML4, ML6, M6, M9(C) and D.

The ability to fill their own cylinders gives ambulatory patients greater independence and freedom. Home care oxygen providers will also benefit from the virtual elimination of time-consuming and costly service calls associated with cylinder and-or liquid oxygen deliveries.
 

·  Connection and controls are designed for easy operation.

·  Patient can fill cylinders while receiving oxygen from the concentrator.

·  Gives ambulatory patients greater freedom and independence.

·  Virtually eliminates the high service costs of frequent deliveries of cylinders and-or liquid oxygen.

·  Small and lightweight ranging from 2.5 to 6 pounds.

·  Duration ranging from 2 hours to 10 hours on conserve mode.
  

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