portable oxygen

Canned air supply

Portable oxygen refers to small, transportable oxygen delivery systems used by people with respiratory conditions who need supplemental oxygen while mobile.

These include tanks of compressed oxygen gas and portable oxygen concentrators that extract oxygen from ambient air.

She travels with portable oxygen so she can visit her grandchildren.

The equipment allows patients greater independence than stationary home units.

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portability

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Pressurized breathing gas container

respiratory support type

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Mechanical breathing apparatus

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breathing state

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Death from oxygen loss

oxygen deprivation · suffocation · hypoxia · anoxia · carbon monoxide

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