supplemental oxygen
Extra air supply
Supplemental oxygen is oxygen delivered beyond what's normally available in air, used when someone can't get enough through regular breathing.
Medical conditions like emphysema or pneumonia may require it: She's been on supplemental oxygen since her surgery.
Mountain climbers and pilots use supplemental oxygen at high altitudes where air pressure drops.
- high-altitude sicknessIllness from low oxygen
- cabin pressureControlled atmosphere inside aircraft
- nasal cannulaNostril oxygen delivery device
- flow rateVolume through per time
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
neonatal care · ventilator · pulse oximeter · hemoglobin · pneumonia · cystic fibrosis · altitude training · respiratory rate · heart failure · dyspnea · COPD · Everest · asthma · emergency room · emergency landing · hypoxemia · shortness of breath · breathing difficulty
- OxygenO2, oxide, oxidize, dioxide, monoxide
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- high-altitude flighthigh altitude, cruising altitude, altitude records, stratosphere, thin air
- Death Zonedeath zone, high altitude, thin air, hypoxia, anoxia
- Mountain Medicinealtitude sickness, acute mountain sickness, mountain sickness, hypoxia, acclimatization
- Respiratory Carealbuterol, inhaler, steroid inhaler, nebulizers, respiratory therapist
supplemental oxygenmechanical ventilation
Machine-assisted breathing support
intubation · life support · oxygen-free · ECMO · oxygen deprivation
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