Oxygen Smart

Mobility is one the most important aspects for anyone on long term oxygen therapy. Not only is it a vital part of everyday life, starting with the simplest activities, but it is also a major need that affects mental and emotional well being.

There are three types of system that deliver oxygen to patients on oxygen therapy, and these are:

Liquid Oxygen, that stores and delivers oxygen from tanks.
Compressed Oxygen, that is stored in cylinders.
Oxygen Concentrators, that extract oxygen from the surrounding air.

This post deals only with liquid oxygen and compressed oxygen.
The first thing is to decide which type [...]

Life for people needing extra oxygen used to be more complicated, to say the least.  Today you have home oxygen units such as oxygen concentrators or oxygen tanks as well as portable oxygen units that are making life easier.
At the same time just a few years ago anyone dependent on supplemental oxygen had to check [...]