Having problems with you SeQual Eclipse 3?

SeQual Eclipse 3 Trouble Shooting Guide

Having problems with you SeQual Eclipse 3? Look at our SeQual Eclipse Trouble Shooting Guide. Here you will find solutions to the problems and alarm ...

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SeQual Eclipse 3 Trouble Shooting Guide

Having problems with you SeQual Eclipse 3?

Having problems with you SeQual Eclipse 3? Look at our SeQual Eclipse Trouble Shooting Guide. Here you will find solutions to the problems and alarm codes that you are getting from your machine. If you can not find the solution, please contact us and we would be happy to help you.

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Introducing the ActicOx POC from Lifechoice and InovaLabs

Introducing the ActicOx POC from Lifechoice and InovaLabs

This is the ideal oxygen therapy solution for the active user, the Lifechoice ActivOx gives you the power of freedom and mobility. It weighs only ...

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Introducing the ActicOx POC from Lifechoice and InovaLabs

Introducing the ActicOx POC from Lifechoice and InovaLabs

This is the ideal oxygen therapy solution for the active user, the Lifechoice ActivOx gives you the power of freedom and mobility. It weighs only 4.83 pounds and no carts or tanks are required. It is already FAA approved and is certified for use up to 10,000 feet. It features up to 15 hours of battery life on one charge; 12 hours of internal battery life and 3 hours of external battery life.

The LifeChoice Activox POC Features

Power of Freedom and Mobility
• Weighs 4.83 lbs.
• No carts or tanks required
• Provides up to 3 LMPeq
• FAA-Approved
• Certified for use up to 10,000 feet

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Tips for Breathing in Cold Weather

Having Difficulty Breathing In Cold Weather?

For some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and chronic bronchitis, breathing cold, dry air can have a drying or irritating effect on ...

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Having Difficulty Breathing In Cold Weather?

Tips for Breathing in Cold Weather

For some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and chronic bronchitis, breathing cold, dry air can have a drying or irritating effect on the airway causing bronchospasm (contraction of the smooth muscle that surrounds the airway). Bronchospasm decreases the size of the airway, thus makes it more difficult to get the air in and out of the lungs, increasing shortness of breath. The constriction of the airways may reduce the flow of air into and out of your lungs, which adds to the feeling of breathlessness and may even cause wheezing.

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Adventures with Oxygen – Kilauea Volcano

This is our customer Walter W and his Respironics SimplyGo on the top of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii. Kilauea is a shield ...

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Adventures with Oxygen – Kilauea Volcano

This is our customer Walter W and his Respironics SimplyGo on the top of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii. Kilauea is a shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands and is the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawai’i.

Walter used his SimplyGo to help him climb to the top of the crater rim; the rim has an elevation of 4,190 ft. and the trail was a walking distance of over a mile.

If you have a story or picture that you would like to share, please email sridl@amsrco.com.

FAA: Passengers Can Fly with Respironics SimplyGo Oxygen Concentrator

The FAA cleared the air for the Philips Respironics SimplyGo for flight with its passengers who rely on portable oxygen. As of October 31, carriers ...

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FAA: Passengers Can Fly with Respironics SimplyGo Oxygen Concentrator

The FAA cleared the air for the Philips Respironics SimplyGo for flight with its passengers who rely on portable oxygen. As of October 31, carriers are allowing passengers to use the SimplyGo system during flights. Not only is this beneficial for anyone who relies on these systems, but the Respironics SimplyGo is also the first approved portable oxygen concentrator allowed for use on commercial flights.

The guidelines are specifically outlined in the FAA’s Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 106, which allows passengers to carry on portable concentrators that meet stringent safety requirements. After careful study, the Philips Respironics SimplyGo portable oxygen concentrator is found to meet all SFAR requirements.

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Superstorm Sandy Increases Awareness of Secondary Oxygen Supplies

Oxygen concentrators are important to the livelihoods of many people, especially patients who suffer from COPD, asthma and other respiratory diseases. As if October 2012’s ...

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Superstorm Sandy Increases Awareness of Secondary Oxygen Supplies

Oxygen concentrators are important to the livelihoods of many people, especially patients who suffer from COPD, asthma and other respiratory diseases. As if October 2012’s Superstorm Sandy didn’t bring enough problems, the catastrophic natural disaster also caused trouble to patients who rely on oxygen therapy. This was evident in states such as New York, where power outages were rampant for several days. One tragic example was reported just one day after the storm struck New York City, when a Manhattan woman was found dead after she ran out of oxygen with her electric concentrator.

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How many batteries do I need for my flight?

How Many Batteries do I need on my Flight?

Over the past several months, the NHOPA Executive Office has received many inquiries concerning the number of POC batteries that are needed for specific airline ...

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How Many Batteries do I need on my Flight?

How many batteries do I need for my flight?

Over the past several months, the NHOPA Executive Office has received many inquiries concerning the number of POC batteries that are needed for specific airline travel. For example, one individual was trying to schedule a flight from Fairbanks, Alaska to Atlanta, Georgia to visit close friends. Another individual was planning a business trip from Portland, Oregon to New York City.

From our research on POC batteries, we found that the general rule of thumb is to plan for one and one half -times the length of the flight including layovers. For example, if you book a five hour non-stop flight you will need approximately 7.5 hours of batteries.

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What You Need to Know Before You Buy

Portable Oxygen Concentrators – What You Need to Know Before You Buy!

The information included in the following article has been shared by Roxlyn Cole, NHOPA Vice President, from American Medical Sales and Repair located in Centennial, ...

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Portable Oxygen Concentrators – What You Need to Know Before You Buy!

What You Need to Know Before You Buy

The information included in the following article has been shared by Roxlyn Cole, NHOPA Vice President, from American Medical Sales and Repair located in Centennial, CO and from “The Pulmonary Paper”.

Portable oxygen concentrators offer users an incredible amount of freedom that is often unavailable to those on oxygen therapy. A user may feel like mobility is limited and interferes with a lifestyle one was accustomed to. POCs (portable oxygen concentrators) give those who desire an active lifestyle the ability to keep up with family, friends and travel. However, that convenience comes at a price. A portable oxygen concentrator can be expensive depending on features and individual needs. It is important to consider your options carefully before making a purchase to ensure that you find the right device for you that will fit your needs. Before you commit to buying your own POC, visit all manufacturer websites to see what is available and to compare pricing through the designated dealers, AND ask to try it out before you buy it!

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Quality Matters - Measuring Benefits and Outcomes of Medicare

Quality Matters – Benefits and Outcomes of Medicare

You may have heard about Medicare’s increasing interest in measuring the benefits and outcomes of services that Medicare pays for. This represents a fundamental shift ...

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Quality Matters – Benefits and Outcomes of Medicare

Quality Matters - Measuring Benefits and Outcomes of Medicare

You may have heard about Medicare’s increasing interest in measuring the benefits and outcomes of services that Medicare pays for. This represents a fundamental shift away from paying for a service that is provided regardless of whether that “procedure” is effective or not. All areas of health care are being held accountable to show that a patient is better off after a service or treatment than he/she was before that intervention. Services that have been demonstrated by solid research to be effective are incorporated into professional practice guidelines to help practitioners remember to utilize those practices. One well-known example of this “standard of care” is an aspirin a day after a heart attack (unless there is a medical reason not to prescribe this drug to a particular patient).

Pulmonary rehabilitation is another example of an evidence-based service. In fact, practice guidelines for pulmonary rehab have given both exercise training and improvement of dyspnea symptoms the highest grade of 1A. This grade indicates that science has shown significant benefits and outcomes for both these measurements in patients who receive pulmonary rehab compared to similar patients who don’t participate in a pulmonary rehab program.

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation “Use it or lose it?”

Of all the forms of rehabilitation that are available in medicine, pulmonary rehabilitation is a relative newcomer. For example Cardiac Rehabilitation has been available to ...

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation “Use it or lose it?”

Of all the forms of rehabilitation that are available in medicine, pulmonary rehabilitation is a relative newcomer. For example Cardiac Rehabilitation has been available to patients with cardiac disease since at least the 1940’s. Actually exercising for 30 minutes a day for 6 months was prescribed by a Dr. William Heberden for his cardiac patient’s way back in 1772. Staying with Cardiac Rehab for a moment, the term “Myocardial Infarction” a heart attack in layman’s terms was first used in 1912. About that time it was thought that the damaged heart muscle needed time to heal completely. Therefore 6 weeks of bed rest was the order of the day, with stair climbing prohibited for a full year after the MI!

In the 1930’s an incredible 80% of post heart attack patients were on full disability. In the 1940’s hospitals began to develop “cardiac work evaluation units” to evaluate a patient’s ability to go back to work. These evolved into the modern Cardiac Rehabilitation programs. During and following WW2 manpower needs spurred cardiologists to review the need for absolute bed rest following cardiac events. Well designed studies proved that long term bed rest decreased functional capacity, sapped morale, and caused its own set of complications.

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