Outdoor Activities

Gone Hunting with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator

Gone Hunting with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator

Hunting is a favorite pastime for many people, and you shouldn’t have to stop because you’re now using oxygen therapy. Bill T. was diagnosed with emphysema 5 years ago, and he was afraid that would mean the end of his hunting excursions.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years with my friends and I couldn’t see giving it up. At first, I thought needing to use oxygen therapy was going to keep me stuck at home during hunting season, while the boys were out hunting the way we always did. My son suggested I go ahead and get a portable concentrator instead of liquid or compressed oxygen. I’m glad I went ahead and listened to him.

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Scott Ridl

Uncle Jim Goes Boating with his Oxygen Concentrator

Boating with Oxygen Concentrators

James W., is known as “Uncle Jim” to almost everyone who knows him, because he’s just like your typical uncle. He loves treating his nieces and nephews to a fun weekend, especially when it involves taking them for rides on his pontoon boat on the lake near his home.

Uncle Jim was diagnosed with COPD 3 years ago, at the age of 59, but that hasn’t stopped him and his family boating adventures, or keep him from riding on his jet ski. Other than needing to use oxygen therapy, you would have never guessed that Uncle Jim has any sort of chronic disease. You can always pick him out in a crowd. He’s a tall man with a white beard and he always wears his Cleveland Indians cap. Uncle Jim always was, and still is a very lively person with a zest for life, and a love for the great outdoors and water sports.

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Tips for Going Camping with your Oxygen Concentrator

Tips for Going Camping with your Oxygen Concentrator

Like with any other chronic condition or special medical need, you should be able to go anywhere you want and do the things you would have been doing, whether you are using oxygen therapy or not. Camping is something many families do together during the summer, and you should be able to go along without worrying that your need for oxygen therapy would be any sort of burden. The only burden would be bringing along oxygen equipment that is inconvenient or not functioning properly.

Bringing along a portable oxygen concentrator is your best bet, since you don’t have to worry about running out of oxygen. You should never have to run out of oxygen in the great outdoors! If your family is planning a week or longer excursion out in the woods this summer, we have a few tips and suggestions for you to make it as fun and hassle-free as it can be.

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Why Planting an Outdoor Garden is Good For Your Lungs

Why Planting an Outdoor Garden is Good For Your Lungs

They tell you that to stay healthy overall, you need to eat nutritious foods, get enough fresh air, get regular physical activity, and get enough sleep every night. Planting and maintaining an outdoor garden might be just what the doctor ordered. This would be an ideal activity for anyone to do during the spring and summer season; but for people with chronic lung diseases, it can improve your overall health, which makes a huge impact on how well you can breathe. With the warming months coming for many people, they are beginning to plan their gardens.

If you use an oxygen machine, this is an easy and gentle way for you to get the physical activity that you need, if you are using constant oxygen or not. You can wear your portable oxygen concentrator while you are tending to your garden, or wheel it around with you while you are working.

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Skateboarding – Adventures with Oxygen

Adventures with Oxygen - Skateboarding

This customer is Phyllis Fritz, the beautiful mother of Judy Attaldo. She is a friendly NY lady who is very inspirational to many oxygen users by showing off her skills at the skate park, skateboarding! Phyllis enjoys her SeQual Eclipse 3 so much she literally takes it everywhere she goes, grocery store, motorcycle trips, 4 wheeling, skateboarding, and for everyday activities!

The portable oxygen machine has made the life of this lovely customer much more enjoyable! Even if your grandchildren wish to take a field trip to the skate park, American Medical has a wide variety of machines that will meet your needs and make this possibility a reality.
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