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Important Safety Guidelines Specifically for Home Oxygen Tanks
By Anne Clarke
Several oxygen guidelines are logical and, as a matter of fact, typical. But don’t take it for granted that you know everything: please refresh your knowledge. As a caregiver (or as a patient), you need to know the incredibly essential rules to having safe home oxygen tanks. Whatever you must know about your oxygen equipment must be fresh in your mind always, just in case.
From the most complex aspects to the simplest details, mistakes can happen virtually anytime, and domestic accidents are very common. Do not let your oxygen equipment become the cause of a preventable catastrophe. The primary concern of this article is the safety of the patient, caretaker or caretakers, and the home in which they live. Please take serious note of the information provided here if you use or plan to be using any kind of at – home medical oxygen equipment in the near future.
1. Be sure to use some kind of oxygen concentrator if you do not have to be concerned about filling or re-filling your oxygen tank. An oxygen concentrator will never have to be refilled. Usually it divides oxygen from nitrogen and other gasses within the air of the room or other space around it. However, as you likely know, these are not made to be portable oxygen delivery systems. Concentrated oxygen tanks are convenient, readily available, and do need to be refilled.
2. If you have liquid oxygen tanks, make sure you know exactly what to do to refill it – as well as the warnings specific to that particular piece of oxygen equipment. This recommendation is not to be taken lightly. I highly suggest that you are not only familiar with this information – but that it is memorized.
3. Liquid oxygen is also very portable. Most importantly though, if you use portable liquid oxygen in small tanks you must have a large oxygen tank available at home. You can use a large liquid oxygen tank to refill smaller tanks, and they provide the freedom you want.
4. If you have a large (as well as small) liquid oxygen tank, always be sure that your large liquid oxygen tank is full enough – and always have a back – up plan for oxygen delivery in case of an emergency. The best back – up method will likely be the one recommended by your physician.
5. If it ever occurs, contact your oxygen supplier the moment you notice any damage to your oxygen equipment.
6. Always have a portable oxygen delivery system (most likely a tank) prepared or filled in case you have to go somewhere quickly.
7. Never smoke, have sources of high temperatures, or fire of any kind near or around your oxygen equipment. Even if you do not know of any reason why you should need to – it is still highly recommended that you put up hazard signs such as ‘no smoking’ signs wherever your oxygen is stored.
8. Have telephone numbers handy. Keep manufacturer hotlines at home as well as away from home for 24 hour emergency assistance with your medical equipment.
If you have oxygen equipment of any kind you can not be afraid to ask if you are unsure about anything regarding use or safety. Always consult the manufacturer, pharmacist (or provider) and / or your doctor if you have any questions whatsoever. Even if you feel strange asking what you believe are simple questions, you must know the answers.
In addition to the information I have provided here, you must follow the doctor’s and manufacturers’ instructions and know them as well as you know each of the guidelines provided above. You can prevent any potential complications with life – saving equipment such as oxygen tanks. Medical science and advanced medical equipment can certainly improve a patient’s life – but only if the possible complications are carefully avoided.
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and the environment. Her background includes home décor and gardening. For more of her articles on health care, please visit oxygenequipment.net, supplier of high quality Pulse Oximeters and Oxygen Equipment
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