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Portable Oxygen Concentrator Resource Center

Understanding the Basics of a Home Oxygen Concentrator

Posted by Caleb Umstead on Jul 17, 2014 4:30:00 PM

Whether you have suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for years or you have just recently been diagnosed, you should know that your lungs are damaged and can no longer deliver the necessary amount of oxygen throughout your body.

This is why your doctor may have written you a prescription for a stationary oxygen concentrator.

Now some stationary oxygen concentrators have different features, the overall operation is the same across the board. Today we will be discussing what an oxygen concentrator is, as well as how to properly operate them.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, home oxygen concentrators

Oxygen Therapy and Electrical Costs

Posted by Caleb Umstead on Jun 17, 2014 6:00:00 AM

Oxygen therapy has countless beneficial factors, but one of the only and biggest downfalls for patients when contemplating purchasing a portable oxygen concentrator, is the simple fact of worrying their electricity bill will increase drastically.

So today we will be discussing a few ways of combating the increase in cost, as well as a formula that you can use to determine the exact increase the use of oxygen therapy will add to your energy bill each month.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, oxygen concentrators

The 7 Best Things About Portable Oxygen Concentrators

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:18:00 PM

 

 

For oxygen therapy patients, there was a time when many faced using bulky, cumbersome, and inconvenient oxygen tanks, bottles, and liquid oxygen. These items needed to be refilled regularly.

As a result, the patient's ability to be out and about was limited.

Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) have brought these patients a wide range of benefits, improving their quality of life and increasing their ability to enjoy new activities that they might not have otherwise experienced.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen

5 Things Every Oxygen Patient Needs to Travel With a Portable Oxygen Concentrator

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:18:00 PM

 

 

It is a known fact that portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) improve the lives of oxygen therapy patients. They enable these patients to have active lifestyles that include activities such as gardening, fishing, golfing, and hunting.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, traveling with oxygen, portable oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen

Talking With Your Physician About Portable Oxygen Concentrators

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:17:00 PM

 

 

The body cannot store oxygen. It needs to be given when it is at low levels due to the side effects these levels can cause.

For patients such as those who suffer from COPD, they need frequent oxygen. This need is known as long term oxygen therapy, and patients will need some type of device to help with this.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators

Why Do You Need an Oxygen Concentrator?

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:16:00 PM

Many patients have been diagnosed with respiratory diseases that require specialized treatment. These treatments most often come in the form of oxygen therapy.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators, home oxygen concentrators

The One Accessory Every Oxygen Patient NEEDS to Own!

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:15:00 PM

For anyone who has been a patient in the hospital, they will be familiar with a nurse or respiratory therapist placing a clip-like device on a finger or earlobe. This small medical device is known as a pulse oximeter and it is used to measure the patient's oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels and pulse rate. It monitors the percentage of hemoglobin -- the protein in the blood -- that is oxygen saturated.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, oxygen concentrator accessories, pulse oximeter

Continuous Flow vs. Pulse Flow Oxygen Therapy

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:14:00 PM

 

 

Today's oxygen therapy patients need to decide what kind of oxygen concentrator is best for them based on their individual needs and lifestyles. To help them, they should look to a respiratory specialist who can advise them on the available models to suit their oxygen requirements.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen, continuous flow, pulse flow

How Do Oxygen Concentrators Work?

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:05:00 PM

 

 

For today's oxygen therapy patients, requiring treatment for their medical conditions is often stressful enough.

But with that stress, they also become more and more adamant about maintaining active, independent lifestyles.

It's difficult if they have to use the antiquated, cumbersome oxygen tanks that restrict their movements.

It's time to move to better solutions that enable them to live their lives to the fullest with one of the most recent devices.

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen, home oxygen concentrators

How To: Clean Your Oxygen Concentrator Filters

Posted by Caleb Umstead on May 29, 2014 4:04:00 PM

 

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Topics: oxygen therapy, portable oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen, oxygen concentrator maintenance, home oxygen concentrators

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