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O2, Question for medics.
There are a few hundred oxygen masks and O2 tanks in a gliding community. Are those of any potential use in a CronaVirus emergency?
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O2, Question for medics.
What is needed are breathing apparatus.
Completely differnt game. |
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O2, Question for medics.
At 05:38 20 March 2020, Tango Whisky wrote:
What is needed are breathing apparatus. Completely differnt game. Not a medic, just a biochemist. Hard to see what harm could be done using gliding oxygen to help someone with breathing difficulties. But one might ask why such a person was not already in a hospital? The main 'problem' is the small size of gliding oxygen cylinders; now if one happens to have a big oxyacetylene welding kit in the garage that's a different matter. |
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O2, Question for medics.
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:54:57 +0000, Dave Walsh wrote:
At 05:38 20 March 2020, Tango Whisky wrote: What is needed are breathing apparatus. Completely differnt game. Not a medic, just a biochemist. Hard to see what harm could be done using gliding oxygen to help someone with breathing difficulties. But one might ask why such a person was not already in a hospital? The main 'problem' is the small size of gliding oxygen cylinders; now if one happens to have a big oxyacetylene welding kit in the garage that's a different matter. I think that in this case 'breathing apparatus' means a medical ventilator, which assists the action of breathing as well as supplying oxygenated air to the patient. The systems we use require the user to be able to breathe without assistance. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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O2, Question for medics.
On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 6:25:33 AM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:54:57 +0000, Dave Walsh wrote: At 05:38 20 March 2020, Tango Whisky wrote: What is needed are breathing apparatus. Completely differnt game. Not a medic, just a biochemist. Hard to see what harm could be done using gliding oxygen to help someone with breathing difficulties. But one might ask why such a person was not already in a hospital? The main 'problem' is the small size of gliding oxygen cylinders; now if one happens to have a big oxyacetylene welding kit in the garage that's a different matter. I think that in this case 'breathing apparatus' means a medical ventilator, which assists the action of breathing as well as supplying oxygenated air to the patient. The systems we use require the user to be able to breathe without assistance. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org but breaths need not be as deep on oxygen, yes? So maybe some help? |
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O2, Question for medics.
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Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org but breaths need not be as deep on oxygen, yes? So maybe some help? Someone in respiratory distress usually has impaired breathing, so a nose cannula might not be as helpful as a face mask to get them more oxygen. What might be more helpful is to loan your pulse oximeter to those at higher risk. This would help them decide if they should seek medical treatment, e.g., when ox sat falls below 90% (a common threshold to receive resp support is 88%). The catch is (no pun intended) a hospital is a good place to get pneumonia if you don't already have it. |
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O2, Question for medics.
On Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:02:00 PM UTC-6, FZ wrote:
There are a few hundred oxygen masks and O2 tanks in a gliding community. Are those of any potential use in a CronaVirus emergency? If the face mask and oxygen are used to help get someone in respiratory distress to an emergency room, then yes. Otherwise no. As already said, someone needing respiratory support will get all the oxygen they need once at the hospital. The bottleneck lies in the availability of ventilator machines to mechanically support/breathe for them if they are in sufficient respiratory distress. So far (as far as I know) the shortages do not include oxygen or oxygen masks. |
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O2, Question for medics.
A pulse-oximeter quantifies pulmonary function.
What is the O2 saturation that should trigger a trip to the E-room? |
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O2, Question for medics.
I was sick last October, achy, fever, congested. Five or six days later I woke at night and could hear chest rattle high in my lungs.
Brain finally kicked on, I said 'I'm hypoxic'. Dug out my oximeter and saw variable 80's. Sent hubby out to dig out a bottle from a glider in a trailer. Rest of the night I ran the mask on a low flow. Headache was finally gone. Next morning the urgent care sent me to hospital. All I wanted was a prescription for the right antibiotics. Xray, five different folks listening to me take deep breaths with cold stethoscopes (hyperventilation anyone?). Gave me IV dose of some -cillin, wrote a script, said go home and rest. $4500. |
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O2, Question for medics.
On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 4:35:27 PM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:
A pulse-oximeter quantifies pulmonary function. What is the O2 saturation that should trigger a trip to the E-room? It depends. For normal healthy people anything in the low 90s is abnormal and needs to be evaluated. However, for someone with COPD, who normally lives in the upper 80s to low 90s, it could be normal to have an O2sat of 89%. If you are feeling bad and your O2 sat is in the low 90s (90-93%), then get checked. If you aren't sure, get checked. It's better to be safe than sorry. |
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