Oxygen therapy, also known as supplemental oxygen, is a treatment that provides you with extra oxygen as a medical treatment. It helps improve low blood oxygen levels and can improve the life expectancy for many people.
Benefits of Oxygen Therapy:
- Improved Health-related Quality of Life
- Increase Stamina
- Beneficial for Asthma
- Improvement in Sleep
- Reduced Risk of Health Problems Caused by Hypoxemia
You may need oxygen if you have:
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Pneumonia
- A severe asthma attack
- Late-stage heart failure
- Cystic fibrosis
- Sleep apnea
Oxygen Concentrators
Respironics Everflo Oxygen Concentrator
The Everflo oxygen concentrator is an affordable yet functional concentrator.
It is one of the quietest home concentrators, less than 45 decibels so you won’t even notice it’s in the room and the system uses less electricity and produces less heat which makes it one of the quietest and most energy efficient devices available today.
Its compact design only weighs 14 kg and also it easily transportable. It contains 4 wheels that makes it easy to move in any settings and it compact and simple design allows it to fit into any room without it being a distraction.
Low maintenance for reduced service costs as no homecare provider filter change for two years and you do not ever have to change filters.
It contains a Humidifier Bottle Platform for extra flexibility which is compatible for all bottle styles and features an easy to use closure.
Philips Respironics SimplyGo Portable Oxygen Concentrator
The SimplyGo Portable Oxygen Concentrator offers continuous flow and pulse-dose delivery in a device that weighs 4.5 Kg. It is a travel concentrator manufactured by Philips Respironics and is approved for travel with the FAA
SimplyGo is lightweight and consist of a compact battery which allows the users for easy access and change. There are also no awkward external battery belt, connectors or hard to maintain internal batteries. It includes a multi-purpose carrying case which allows users to wear it over the shoulders or secure it to a mobile cart.
Safety Features of the SimplyGo incudes alarm to indicate high breath rate, low oxygen purity and more
SimplyGo battery duration:
2nd Setting of Pulse dose: 3.0 hours
2 LPM Continuous flow: 9 hours
Philips Respironics SimplyGo Mini Portable Oxygen Concentrator
The SimplyGo Mini Portable oxygen concentrator is the smallest and lightest oxygen concentrator from Philips Respironics
It has easy to use LCD touch screen and has 5 pulse settings.
SimplyGo mini weights only 2.2 kg with the standard battery and 2.7kg with the extended battery
SimplyGo Mini battery options :
Standard
4.5 hours of oxygen flow at pulse setting 2 at 20 bpm
Extended
9 hours of oxygen flow at pulse setting 2 at 20 bpm
Oxygen Tanks
Oxygen Tank
An oxygen tank is an oxygen storage vessel which contains liquid oxygen or oxygen held under pressure in gas cylinders
It uses almost the same equipment as the oxygen concentrator ( nasal cannula and tubing). But instead of producing the oxygen from the environment it takes the oxygen from the tank.
Unlike the oxygen concentrator, it has a finite amount of oxygen and needs to be replaced once the tank is empty.