oxygen supply

RE: oxygen supply

Joyce Whitehead — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:16:01 GMT

We also have had an oxygen concentrator for about a year, and it is great. As Michael says there is no issue with having something on oxygen for a prolonged period, and we very rarely need an oxygen delivery now. We don't have a generator, but have a backup cylinder on our oxygen concentrator.

RE: oxygen supply

Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:14:06 GMT

We have had a oxygen concentrator for about a year now (from Eickemeyer). Very happy with it.

We are a low O2 user (maybe 3 or 4 "F" cylinders per month). The delivery was the biggest cost by far. We were getting them via another practice, but that was a hassle (and a time and H&S risk) as they had to be moved around.

My ultimate plan is 2 oxygen concentrators (2 anaesthetic machines) both on separate uninterrupted power supplies. We have a generator if power is off longer. I will then have no cylinders.

You get used to the hum. We pre-oxygenate more, happy keeping animals on O2 overnight - when previously we'd be calculating if we had enough O2.....

RE: oxygen supply

Catriona MacIntyre — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:11:02 GMT

Probably not relevant in your situation, but we get too many power cuts in Argyll, so our practice is sticking to bottled oxygen!