Home Oxygen Unit

Oxygen can be a comforting, life sustaining treatment and a potent killer. As one of three components of the fire triangle (heat, fuel, and oxygen), it has the potential to cause great injury and even death in those who ignore the risks and fail to follow safety guidelines. The Joint Commission has identified the risk of medical oxygen home fires as serious enough to include it as the 2015 National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 15.02.01. It states a home care organization must “Identify patient safety areas: Find out if there are any risks for patients who are getting oxygen. For example, fires in the patient’s home.” (The Joint Commission, 2015). This work is a review of available literature on the issue, its link to nursing administration, the significance to quality and safe nursing practice, as well as potential opportunities for improvement and recommendations for strategies to improve the safety of patients, families, and nursing staff. According to 2003 – 2006 data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Injury Surveillance System, medical oxygen in the home was a factor in and average of 1,190 thermal burns seen annually in U.S. emergency rooms (Galligan, et al., 2015). Smoking is the leading cause in these incidents and several studies suggest that the incidence of burn

Many people can be treated at home with antibiotics. If you have an underlying chronic disease, severe symptoms, or low oxygen levels, you will likely require hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics and oxygen therapy. Infants and the elderly are more commonly admitted

Another treatment is and oxygen treatment which gives you extra oxygen and you wear a mask which you can carry with you or go to the doctor. Some have small oxygen where you carry in backpack but you would need to carry with you at all times. Lastly, surgery with is not really used when someone has COPD and only for those whom have a severe COPD and the treatment does not improve with other treatment listed above. Prevention really is to just stop smoking and exposure to

Oxygen treatment is recommended for individuals who can 't get enough oxygen all alone. This is regularly as a result of a lung condition that keeps the lungs from retaining oxygen, including:

Mr. Magnuson has had slow decline in his functional status over many years, which is consistent with his progressive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure. At this time, I have ordered a six-minute walk test as well as arterial blood gas to document the need for supplemental oxygen on a continuous basis. Provided that there is sufficient evidence for him to qualify for oxygen, we will work with his durable medical equipment company and order an oxygen concentrator as well as portable oxygen

As a clinical facilitator, I provide learning opportunities to staff and nursing students at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane (SVPHB). Not long after I joined St Vincent’s, I encountered a patient who was receiving high flow oxygen (7 litres/min) via high flow nasal prongs without any humidification device running with it. The scene surprised me. Supplemental oxygen is

less than 2500 gram that are receiving oxygen. The Intervention is to target low range of

Breathing assistance- devices such as a ventilator improve upon a patients oxygen delivery, especially at night.

As a respiratory therapist having the patient breathing is the number one priority. But when the patient is in bad condition the chance of the patient not being able to breath on their own is high. This is when a life support machine comes in, there are four different types of life support machines. The first one is a ventilator, this is the most important, this is what helps the patient to breath; the ventilator is forcing air into the patient's lungs. Having a ventilator on a patient is when the RT is seen the most because the RT has to intubate the patient. Intubation is the placement of a plastic tube that goes down into the trachea to maintain an open airway for oxygen to enter. The ventilator not only pushes oxygenated air into the lungs but it also monitors every breath the patient takes while

1. Monitor the patient's oxygen saturation frequently (once per hour) at rest and after exertion on room air

Impaired gas exchange should still be kept in the plan of care for the resident as they have not meet the expected outcome of oxygen saturation of 95 % in 24 hours. One intervention I would add to this diagnosis would be for the nurse to assist and instruct the patient to deep breathe and perform

The instructions given on an airline are for the straightforward logic that if you run out of oxygen by delaying putting on your mask you are putting yourself in a situation where you are unable to help others. The oxygen mask as a metaphor for my personal life, I would interpret as the importance of self-care especially in the pressures of today’s society. Setting apart a short amount of time in the hectic and chaotic world to focus on my wellbeing has significant benefits to my productivity and quality of work. It is common to brag about the extensive running ‘to-do’ list of the week and it is generally admired by others to see you filling your time. But I believe there is beauty in taking some time to workout, reflect, or participate in

Caring for someone with pulmonary fibrosis can be a full time job. Having a plan in place for activities outside the home will lessen your stress. In advance, address things like wheelchair access, space for oxygen equipment and make sure you allow enough time to get ready. It is a good idea to bring back-up oxygen when you are away from home. Keep medical information close at hand during doctor visits. Use a calendar or reminders of upcoming appointments.

Out of the 53 subjects, twenty six patients were recruited to the hospital at home care and twenty seven were hospitalized. The two groups were similar in demographic, clinical, and pulmonary function characteristics, however pneumonia as a cause of acute decompensation was most frequent in the hospitalized group versus the hospital at home group. In the hospital at home group 18 subjects or 69.2% responded well and eight required hospitalization. These eight subjects were all older and suffered from ALS which is an advance form of NMD and also had a history of more hospitalization during the last three years. Three out of those eight subjects required intubation due to mucus encumbrance and severe hypoxemia and eventually needed a tracheotomy. Three other subjects required full time ventilatory dependence and a 24 hour surveillance in respiratory ICU.

Miracle Home Oxygen (MHO) has introduced their new home-based portable Oxygen Cylinder filling device, Miracle Home Oxygen Machine (MHOM), as disruptive technology designed to address significant structural challenges in the Home Oxygen market. Medicare reimbursements have begun to contract due to recent budget cuts, with additional drops widely expected. The current prevailing delivery method for Medical Equipment dealers to their home oxygen patients, regularly scheduled deliveries of filled O2 cylinders, is comparatively costly and inefficient (and arguably, unsustainable). For example, the traditional delivery method incurs significant labor costs for the drivers necessary to deliver the O2 cylinders, as well as sizable capital expenses in the purchase and maintenance of delivery vehicles, fuel, and to a lesser extent, oxygen cylinders. Moreover, these costs are projected to increase (most notably, gas prices / vehicle expenses, as well as employee benefits / health care expenses for drivers.) The new model based on serving home oxygen patients exclusively with MHO equipment, providing an unlimited supply of portable oxygen, utilizing the refillable cylinders with filling station, was estimated by MHO to be 50-67% less expensive than the current delivery model employed by their independent dealer target market. As a result of these seemingly compelling economics for the O2 / Medical Equipment Dealers, MHO anticipated that their proprietary new technology would immediately capture a significant share of the portable home oxygen market. MHO's Sales Manager infamously remarked “our