Oxygen Smart

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 [...]

For the many thousands of people who depend on supplemental oxygen it is not something they like or something they had looked forward to doing before they were prescribed with additional oxygen. It is however an ever present fact of their lives.
At this stage wishful thinking is worse than useless - it is an excuse [...]

I suspect that aqua-lungs, developed for our survival under water where we can’t breathe, were the inspiration for the types of oxygen systems that are in use today.A design revolution in its time as it replaced those heavy, cumbersome oxygen suits that were anchored by weights and resembled some sort of deep sea monster from a Jules Verne novel.

Portable oxygen concentrators have changed many things for people who depend on an external oxygen supply. Revolutionize is perhaps too strong a word, but they definitely have changed the lifestyles of many people for the better. A few years back you hardly ever saw anyone on the streets carrying or pulling an oxygen [...]