DreamStation - Connect to oxygen?

Wulfman... wrote:

Guest wrote:This is remarkably stupid on DreamStation's part! PHILLIPS RESP It is true! There is no Heated Hose that allows a port for O2! NICE THINKING AHEAD ...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ! What is wrong with this company ? It is a hose needing an adaptor at the the connector to the machine not to my mask! You try to sleep with your design ! PHILLIPS ! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR COMPANIES "ROLL OUT OF THE "DREAMSTATION" ? Without a heated hose, your product pushed water into my lungs causing me to arrive at the ER. I was placed on two Antibiotics to prevent lung infections!!! I could not stop treatment due to your agreement with Medicare that "I must comply for 21 days or I must pay for the equipment! MYSELF ! " I suffered thru 4 weeks but I am very angry... APRIA'S PHONES are answered in the Manilla !!!! ONLY ! And their settings, even when ordered by a Doctor are altered only thru "THE CLOUD" and it doesn't rain very often! Throughout many years Apria has sucked 10's of thousands of dollars out of this account and this year it will stop ! Think twice or perhaps three times if you are choosing a product I have warned you about!

It's preferable and safer to attach the oxygen hose to a connector at the mask, not near the machine.
To attach it near an electrical/heated location could be a potential fire hazard.
Very simple and much cheaper. They typically look like these.






Maybe ResMed came up with a (expensive) heated hose with a connector, but I sure wouldn't want to use that setup.


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Guest wrote:This is remarkably stupid on DreamStation's part! PHILLIPS RESP It is true! There is no Heated Hose that allows a port for O2! NICE THINKING AHEAD ...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ! What is wrong with this company ? It is a hose needing an adaptor at the the connector to the machine not to my mask! You try to sleep with your design ! PHILLIPS ! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR COMPANIES "ROLL OUT OF THE "DREAMSTATION" ? Without a heated hose, your product pushed water into my lungs causing me to arrive at the ER. I was placed on two Antibiotics to prevent lung infections!!! I could not stop treatment due to your agreement with Medicare that "I must comply for 21 days or I must pay for the equipment! MYSELF ! " I suffered thru 4 weeks but I am very angry... APRIA'S PHONES are answered in the Manilla !!!! ONLY ! And their settings, even when ordered by a Doctor are altered only thru "THE CLOUD" and it doesn't rain very often! Throughout many years Apria has sucked 10's of thousands of dollars out of this account and this year it will stop ! Think twice or perhaps three times if you are choosing a product I have warned you about!

Wulfman... wrote:It's preferable and safer to attach the oxygen hose to a connector at the mask, not near the machine.

palerider wrote:

Wulfman... wrote:It's preferable and safer to attach the oxygen hose to a connector at the mask, not near the machine.

as with most of your bs...

Wulfman... wrote:Some excerpts from:

http://www.cpap-supply.com/Articles.asp?ID=334


"The first option is to attach your oxygen tubing directly to your CPAP mask. Many CPAP masks have oxygen ports built into them specifically for this purpose. With a CPAP mask that has a built-in oxygen port, usually all you have to do - once you identify the oxygen port - is to remove the port cover and attach your oxygen tubing. See? Super simple. Once the oxygen concentrator is turned on, oxygen flows directly into the CPAP mask.

It should be noted that anytime oxygen is used with an electro-mechanical device like a CPAP machine, it's always a good idea to make safety a top priority. It goes without saying that you shouldn't smoke cigarettes or introduce any type of open flame in the environment around an oxygen concentrator. That's obvious to pretty much everyone. What might not be obvious, though, is the possibility of a CPAP machine being the catalyst for oxygen ignition. It's not likely for a CPAP machine to produce a spark that could ignite oxygen, but there are two precautions all CPAP and oxygen users should take, just to further mitigate any possibility of a fire."

Since I was initially prescribed additional oxygen with my therapy (and opted not to use it), I read up on this and kept finding the same type of recommendations.

SO, it's not MY "BS".
And, when I was in the hospital in 2011, the RTs didn't connect my oxygen hose at the machine.....they connected it at the end of the hose where it connects to my mask.


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Goofproof wrote:

Wulfman... wrote:Some excerpts from:

http://www.cpap-supply.com/Articles.asp?ID=334


"The first option is to attach your oxygen tubing directly to your CPAP mask. Many CPAP masks have oxygen ports built into them specifically for this purpose. With a CPAP mask that has a built-in oxygen port, usually all you have to do - once you identify the oxygen port - is to remove the port cover and attach your oxygen tubing. See? Super simple. Once the oxygen concentrator is turned on, oxygen flows directly into the CPAP mask.

It should be noted that anytime oxygen is used with an electro-mechanical device like a CPAP machine, it's always a good idea to make safety a top priority. It goes without saying that you shouldn't smoke cigarettes or introduce any type of open flame in the environment around an oxygen concentrator. That's obvious to pretty much everyone. What might not be obvious, though, is the possibility of a CPAP machine being the catalyst for oxygen ignition. It's not likely for a CPAP machine to produce a spark that could ignite oxygen, but there are two precautions all CPAP and oxygen users should take, just to further mitigate any possibility of a fire."

Since I was initially prescribed additional oxygen with my therapy (and opted not to use it), I read up on this and kept finding the same type of recommendations.

SO, it's not MY "BS".
And, when I was in the hospital in 2011, the RTs didn't connect my oxygen hose at the machine.....they connected it at the end of the hose where it connects to my mask.


Den

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Oxygen, does NOT burn or ignite, Oxygen supports combustion, with out Oxygen there is no combustion.

When using a adaptor, use one with a built in check valve and vent to keep the O2 from backing up into your XPAP when it's not running. Most adaptors are the junk type with NO check valve and vent. Jim

Wulfman... wrote:

Goofproof wrote:

Wulfman... wrote:Some excerpts from:

http://www.cpap-supply.com/Articles.asp?ID=334


"The first option is to attach your oxygen tubing directly to your CPAP mask. Many CPAP masks have oxygen ports built into them specifically for this purpose. With a CPAP mask that has a built-in oxygen port, usually all you have to do - once you identify the oxygen port - is to remove the port cover and attach your oxygen tubing. See? Super simple. Once the oxygen concentrator is turned on, oxygen flows directly into the CPAP mask.

It should be noted that anytime oxygen is used with an electro-mechanical device like a CPAP machine, it's always a good idea to make safety a top priority. It goes without saying that you shouldn't smoke cigarettes or introduce any type of open flame in the environment around an oxygen concentrator. That's obvious to pretty much everyone. What might not be obvious, though, is the possibility of a CPAP machine being the catalyst for oxygen ignition. It's not likely for a CPAP machine to produce a spark that could ignite oxygen, but there are two precautions all CPAP and oxygen users should take, just to further mitigate any possibility of a fire."

Since I was initially prescribed additional oxygen with my therapy (and opted not to use it), I read up on this and kept finding the same type of recommendations.

SO, it's not MY "BS".
And, when I was in the hospital in 2011, the RTs didn't connect my oxygen hose at the machine.....they connected it at the end of the hose where it connects to my mask.


Den

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Oxygen, does NOT burn or ignite, Oxygen supports combustion, with out Oxygen there is no combustion.

When using a adaptor, use one with a built in check valve and vent to keep the O2 from backing up into your XPAP when it's not running. Most adaptors are the junk type with NO check valve and vent. Jim

Not entirely disagreeing, but.........
I happened to think of this situation.

From:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

"The ignition source of the fire was determined to be electrical, and the fire spread rapidly due to combustible nylon material, and the high pressure, pure oxygen cabin atmosphere."


Den

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Envision112 wrote:SoClean CPAP Adapter for Respironics DreamStation

Use it to connect O2 to Dreamstation. Have a heated hose? Problem solved.

Again, that's the "SoClean CPAP Adapter & Diffuser for Respironics DreamStation and System One". Pick it up on Amazon for $20.

Cheers!

Envision112 wrote:SoClean CPAP Adapter for Respironics DreamStation

Use it to connect O2 to Dreamstation. Have a heated hose? Problem solved.

Again, that's the "SoClean CPAP Adapter & Diffuser for Respironics DreamStation and System One". Pick it up on Amazon for $20.

Cheers!