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.
- tankLarge storage vessel
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- canisterSealed cylindrical container
- concentratorDevice that intensifies beams
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
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- Flight Safetylife vest, emergency exit, seat belt, black box, fire extinguisher
- Airway Equipmentairway, laryngoscope, face mask, nasal cannula, ventilator
- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, surgical table
- Resuscitation EquipmentAED, defibrillator, CPR mask, paddles, resuscitator
- sleep apneasleep apnea, CPAP machines, apnea, CPAP, full face masks
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Mechanical breathing apparatus
iron lung · mechanical ventilation · respirator · BiPAP · intubation
portable oxygenasphyxiation
Death from oxygen loss
oxygen deprivation · suffocation · hypoxia · anoxia · carbon monoxide
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