Oxygen Smart

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 [...]

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 [...]