Oxygen Smart

One way of highlighting the importance of oxygen would be to quickly outline what our bodies need to stay alive and more interestingly how long we can survive in their absence This list would have the following:

Food - You can last a few weeks without any food before dying.
Water - A few days
Oxygen - A [...]

There seems to be an increase in the number of people who have to receive extra oxygen. This may be a few hours a day or when exercising or even full time. The projections are that the numbers will grow as the general population gets older. Baby boomers are aging and many have smoked (something?) [...]

When you place these two phrases together, “oxygen therapy” and “quality of life”, it appears that they contradict each other. But many times the normal reaction is to ask the question:
“How can you think of achieving quality of life if you are dependent on supplemental oxygen on a full time basis?”
But is it really a [...]

Oxygen therapy refers to the administration of supplemental oxygen to patients suffering with a chronic or acute situation …
When oxygen is given as part of the prescription for a chronic illness, this usually means COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). COPD is a term that refers to both emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

One of the great restrictions on mobility that long term oxygen therapy patients had was being able to travel.  Taking a trip for vacations or any other reason was a major problem.  The difficulties came from two sources:
1.    The oxygen delivery system.
2.    Transport restrictions.
Oxygen tanks and oxygen cylinders have to be stored safely and at [...]