What diseases require such an operational reaction? There are a lot of them, and they concern, above all, severe violations in the field of heart, vessels and respiratory system. The danger of such states lies in a frequently arising acute deficiency of oxygen - human life on horse! To normalize the respiration in this case, an oxygen-air mixture is used, as part of which 93% oxygen and 7% carbon dioxide: the saving medicine is given to the patient to breathe, and the function of the respiratory system is rapidly restored.
Oxygen products in the form of a pillow or oxygen inhaler is a girlfriend to carry out inhalation therapy. In hospital hospitals, they usually use oxygen tents and inhalers - such devices are conveniently used as part of emergency and ambulance.
There is nothing complicated in home oxygen therapy: only you only need to purchase an oxygen pillow to apply it in cases of extreme necessity before the brigade arrives «Ambulance». Oxygen pillow - device specifically adapted for maintenance at home.
What is an oxygen pillow
The appearance of the device really resembles a conventional pillow, but on this, perhaps, their shared features and end. The oxygen pillow is a quadrangular rubber capacity of 10-75 liters, equipped with a mouthpiece (or, as an option, a funnel) and a rubber tube with a crane, which is regulated by the treatment of therapeutic gas. Oxygen in the pillow is injected from the cylinder to which the gearbox is first attached to reduce pressure up to 2 atm. The doctor discharges the recipe and for the device can be sent to a specialized pharmacy or to the clinic at the residence of the patient. Documents must be attached to the pillow - instructions for operating and warranty card.
The pillow is intended for repeated use, and as the oxygen mixture is spent, the capacity can be filled again by contacting the pharmacy or medical audience.
In which cases are used oxygen pillow
- Fill the pillow with oxygen and to the free end of the rubber tube of the device. Attach the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece needs to be reduced in advance with 70% alcohol.
- Call the mouthpiece of 3-4 layers of wet gauze. It is necessary to moisturize oxygen and avoid dry mouth in the patient.
- Insert the mouthpiece into the mouth of the patient and tightly, but not much, press it. This is important - so oxygen will fall directly into the lungs of man, there will be no leakage in the environment. Slowly and smoothly rotate the oxygen cushion faucet, adjust the rate of gas flow, which comes out of the device under the action of increased pressure. Control so that the patient inhantly oxygen through the mouth, and breathed his nose. The optimal volume of oxygen supply, which is well tolerated patients is 4-5 l per minute. Need to act according to the scheme «Inhale - the crane is open, exhalation - the crane is closed». So oxygen will not enter the air.
- As the oxygen decreases in the device, the pillow from the corner is pressed with a free hand, gradually turning it. Inhalation is carried out within 5-6 minutes, interrupting the procedure for 5-10 minutes for recreation of the patient.
- After inhalation, disconnect the mouthpiece from the pillow, boil it until the next procedure store in dry tank (it may be a clean bank) with a tightly adjacent lid.
Usually oxygen enough for 5-7 minutes, after which the device is changed to a spare pillow or fill with gas again. The percentage of oxygen exit from the airbag in the air can be slightly reduced if you change the mouthpiece on the catheter, which is introduced into the bottom nasal course of the patient. If the choice is eventually made in favor of the catheter, then you need the device at number 8-12. In the catheter, slightly retreating from its end, they do several holes, and gently introduce it to the nostrils so that the device gets into the gauge cavity. At the same time, the distance from the tip of the nose to the ear of the ear. The desired distance on the device is pre-noted using a small strip of the leukoplasty. Essential «minus» in the use of the catheter - it is impossible to enter it yourself. The procedure is better to entrust the qualified medical officer.
Contraindications for the use of oxygen pillow
Usually there is no substantial opposition to oxygen therapy. In the treatment of children and pregnant women, the oxygen pillow is used exclusively to appoint a doctor and only in case of acute necessity.
How to store oxygen pillow
After the acceleratotherapy procedure, the device is recommended to fill with air so that its walls do not glue to the next use. For storage Pillows choose a cool dark place with a temperature of 1 to 25 ° C in a room with humidity no less than 65%. The oxygen pillow should not fall into the radius of the devices that allocate heat, as well as lie down from combustible and lubricants.
It is important
Our site warns: long-term use of oxygen pillows undesirable. Despite moisturizing oxygen with a wet gauze, the mucous membrane of the oral cavity, nose and respiratory tract as a whole still loses moisture necessary for normal functioning.
Remember that only a doctor can assign oxygen therapy. This, at first glance, a safe method requires great responsibility, since an overdose of oxygen can cause a patient to a person as harm as its deficit. Especially severe consequences when inhalation of too large oxygen volumes are observed in the kids of the chest. If in the process of oxygen inhalation, the patient appears unpleasant sensations, the procedure must be stopped immediately!
