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by rdfry
Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: bleep changed?
Replies: 80
Views: 4310

Re: bleep changed?

Am going to change from the bleep to the eclipse how secure are the magnets? Pretty darn secure. If you try to just yank things apart you may feel like you are pulling the end of your nose off. Official advice is when it comes time to remove the frame/hose....slide the magnets apart to release and ...
by rdfry
Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: bleep changed?
Replies: 80
Views: 4310

Re: bleep changed?

Am going to change from the bleep to the eclipse how secure are the magnets?
by rdfry
Thu Nov 25, 2021 6:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters
Replies: 17
Views: 2071

Re: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters

OK I have read further on the home use and that there appears to be a legitimate concern of irregularities. My wife was addressing the use in hospitals where more information is garnered. But you had no business infurring my wife was biased because of race. That was completely uncalled for.
by rdfry
Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters
Replies: 17
Views: 2071

Re: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters

How dare you? My wife is the most professional conscientious person during her entire nursing career.
by rdfry
Thu Nov 25, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters
Replies: 17
Views: 2071

Re: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters

I've spent over 40 years in critical care nursing. There are multiple parameters to measure oxygen saturation. Visually observing patients over all status is a start. Add 2 or 3 other modalities that correlate gives me the asurrance that the data from monitors is accurate. Pulse oximiters measure ca...
by rdfry
Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters
Replies: 17
Views: 2071

Re: UK Calls for Action on Racial Bias in Oximeters

I asked my wife who was an RN for 45 years working in hospitals with patients of all races and she told me she never saw any bias with oximiters in her entire career.
by rdfry
Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Resmed AirSense 11 adapter for SoClean 2 or 3
Replies: 29
Views: 27031

Re: Resmed AirSense 11 adapter for SoClean 2 or 3

Oh boy
1 no
2 no
3 no
4 no
by rdfry
Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tube cleaning
Replies: 43
Views: 3636

Re: Tube cleaning

The best thing is to wash your hands.
by rdfry
Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Register a used Resmed?
Replies: 15
Views: 1394

Re: Register a used Resmed?

I forgot about warranty.
by rdfry
Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:02 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Register a used Resmed?
Replies: 15
Views: 1394

Re: Register a used Resmed?

The only reason it would be registered is if you are on a rental being paid by insurance for compliance. Oscar tells you everything you need to know.
by rdfry
Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: small bottles of distilled water on Amazon - anyone tried them?
Replies: 12
Views: 910

Re: small bottles of distilled water on Amazon - anyone tried them?

A gallon costs 99 cents at the grocery store. Or tap water is still free
by rdfry
Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Machine Stopped Working
Replies: 6
Views: 703

Re: Machine Stopped Working

I don't know. The morning I woke up and the machine was dead. I unplugged all the plugs and plugged them back in and it still didn't work. Checked the receptacle that it was plugged into made sure it had power. After work came home and moved the plug from bottom receptacle to top and machine turned ...
by rdfry
Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Machine Stopped Working
Replies: 6
Views: 703

Re: Machine Stopped Working

Thankyou. Got it working
by rdfry
Mon Nov 01, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Machine Stopped Working
Replies: 6
Views: 703

Machine Stopped Working

Well my Airsense 10 quit working sometime last night. It s dead don't know whether it is the power supply or the machine. I will break out my S9 for tonight and drop the airsense off at Healthline tomorrow. The 2nd time in over twenty years of xpap.
by rdfry
Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tube cleaning
Replies: 43
Views: 3636

Re: Tube cleaning

I never washed a hose in over twenty years