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wm_hess wrote:If you have a smartphone that you charge overnight, there are (Android) apps that can be used as a power failure alarm. I'm guessing IPhone has them but I don't know for sure.

-Bill

sleep_quest wrote:I had concerns about power failures as well so I went looking for solutions for both short term and long term outages. Here is a link to that thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101194&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Hope the info provided helps.
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Guest wrote:

archangle wrote:

Guest wrote:Sure confined spaces can contain hazardous fumes or lack O2 but unless & until you are going into confined spaces I would not worry about

The confined space training is relevant because it's an example of how low O2 levels can cause you to lose consciousness and die without any warning signs. That's part of the reason all full face masks have anti-asphyxia valves. The medical community seems to be happy with the assumption you'll open your mouth with a nasal mask if the blower stops.

Taping your mouth screws this idea up, though.

Here is what was said.. w/o the link

WinterLily wrote:A couple days ago, some of the power outlets in my apartment randomly stopped working (I hope the maintenance guys can fix them and tell me why it happened later today). Thankfully the CPAP was not plugged into one of them.

If one is using a nasal mask, is there a risk of suffocating with this kind of power outage? I became paranoid after reading a post on another forum- <link removed> . One of the authors writes, "In industrial situations, this kind of thing can cause you to lose consciousness and eventually die from lack of O2. Google "confined space training". They tell horror stories about people passing out in confined spaces without ever noticing anything is wrong." However, "In a CPAP user, it's assumed that nasal mask users will reflexively open their mouth before harm is done." The topic was on FFM's and their safety, but it makes it sound like it's not 100% a person will wake up when they're breathing stale air.

Normally when a person is low on O2 they will present with a headache as known by people who had untreated apnea. Dropping dead w/o warning is not a symptom of untreated apnea OR a result for a power failure while sleeping with a cpap mask on.

In a nutshell, Confined spaces contain other hazards not known or associated with sleep apnea.

archangle wrote: And the manufacturers put "anti-ASPHYXIA" valves in all full face masks just for fun and to cause unnecessary fear in their customers.

WinterLily wrote:

wm_hess wrote:If you have a smartphone that you charge overnight, there are (Android) apps that can be used as a power failure alarm. I'm guessing IPhone has them but I don't know for sure.

-Bill