How Do Oxygen Concentrators Help Patients

Health 05 May, 2021 by Ananya Jain Image Courtesy : Unsplash

Oxygen Crisis With the demand for medical oxygen continuing and several Indian states struggling to keep pace with demand, the oxygen concentrator has emerged as a sought after device.?? Image Courtesy : TOI

How does it work? A concentrator consists of a compressor and bed filter. The former squeezes atmospheric air and also adjusts the pressure at which is delivered. Image Courtesy : TOI

Oxygen At Home Medical oxygen sourced from industrial units, which are supplied via cylinders, concentrators are devices that can be operated at home.?? Image Courtesy : Unsplash

What does it do? An oxygen concentrator takes in air and separates the oxygen and delivers it into a person via a nasal cannula. Normal air is 79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen but a concentrator works to deliver air that is upto 95% oxygen.? ? Image Courtesy : TOI

Purifying Oxygen There are two sieve beds that work to release oxygen into a tank that��s connected to the cannula that helps the patient.? Image Courtesy : TOI

Oxygen Concentrator Need When blood saturation levels drop below 94% it could be a sign of respiratory distress. Usually this should be treated in hospital, but due to Covid surge and the shortage of Oxygen and beds, the device could help those whose level is in between 88-92 %.? Image Courtesy : TOI

Oxygen deficiency With increasing cases of severe respiratory distress, it may be necessary to provide oxygen that is almost 99% pure and an oxygen concentrator is not up to that job.?? Image Courtesy : TOI

How Do Oxygen Concentrators Help Patients

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