Talk:Oxygen therapy

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1 Conditions
2 NPOV
3 Move request: Oxygen therapy
4 Things to address
5 Doppleganger
6 Oxygen Therapy flow rates

[edit] Conditions

Is it really necessary that we list every condition treatable by each device? I think the article would be improved if instead we just described the type of condition that merits treatment by a device, rather than a specific problem. We don't need long lists in definitions; is "haemorhages" worht mention in the SFM section? This isn't to say that there aren't certain conditions that I believe are worth mention with certain devices, such as asthma with the nebulizer.

~~Furthermore, it might be nice to have a brief description of hyperbaric chambers, if someone more knowlegdeable could throw one up.~~Shaggorama 10:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

this article has a clear EMS POV issue. I admit, I didn't really help this issue in my contributions. Yet, it is a matter that needs attention.Shaggorama 10:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

But the NPOV tag has not brought any improvement. I'm taking it out. JFW | T@lk 13:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move request: Oxygen therapy

Reason for request: (1) Existing "oxygen therapy" article is an extremely and comparatively uninformative stub. (2) Oxygen therapy is a more widely accepted medical term than "oxygen first aid," especially considering the majority of delivery techniques described on the page are NOT considered first aid (e.g. BVM).Shaggorama 11:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Please merge Oxygen therapy into this article before I make the move. —Nightstallion (?) 08:10, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Moved; the content of the other articles talk page is given below. —Nightstallion (?) 17:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

But the emergency trained person who wrote the oxygen first aid article has a legitimate viewpoint. The previous stub on "oxygen therapy" could certainly be expanded. My present tendency would be to add a whole lot more about generic oxygen therapy, but this would mean cutting out a lot of biased material which is limited to "oxygen first aid" perspective. The alternative would be to have the first aid bits as a subsection under a larger article on oxygen therapy. Blouis79 10:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to split the article and remove the parts that do not relate to oxygen therapy to its own article at oxygen first aid, if the difference is large enough; this is, however, not a move request. —Nightst a llion (?) 07:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Things to address

This page existed in the past - it was a copyvio related to the alternative medical uses of oxygen. There are, however, many important medical uses of oxygen (e.g. in patients with lung disease). This article therefore warrants expansion, as this can't all be covered on oxygen.

Things to address:

What is the aim of giving oxygen? (think O2 saturation curve)
In what conditions is oxygen used? (think cor pulmonale)
Are there contraindications to oxygen, or long-term risks (think CO2 retention, think danger of smoking with a nasal cannula on)
In what settings can oxygen be used (think home)
How is medical oxygen prepared (think gas cylinders); how is it distributed in hospitals (think outlets above every bed) JFW | T@lk 00:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't have any references at this moment, just memories from pre-Wiki newspapers, but I think recompression chambers intended for treatment of decompression sickness ("the bends") have been used for hyperbaric oxygen therapy of not only extensive burns and wounds, but also to aid healing after brain stroke and heart disease. Experimental as far as I remember, but promising. This was/is a cooperation between Haukeland university hospital and NUTEC in Bergen, Norway. --Eddi (Talk) 02:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Hyperbaric O2 for decompression is hardly experimental. JFW | T@lk 02:52, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

No, but for the other conditions I mentioned. I'll try to get some references. --Eddi (Talk) 03:14, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

A center for hyperbaric medicine (Australia) with list of conditions treatedBlouis79 10:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doppleganger

A doppleganger of this article has been written under the title Oxygen first aid. The article is significantly more comprehensive than this stub, and addresses some of the recommendations posed on this talk page. There is currently a move request placed on the article to move it here. your input would be appreciated.Shaggorama 11:54, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that mention of venturi masks should be made for completness ref:http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0204/education/56.html and will add this myself if no one objects at soon.

[edit] Oxygen Therapy flow rates

In the field while using an oxygen delivery system one can not always rely on what the gadge relays. There are several things to keep in mind while using this equipement. You need to know the remainding volume is, calculate this with residual (500 lt.)and tank size. An equation is used to develope a measurement for remainding time.

(tank size)= metered reading - residaul x litres per minute at (? x 1.56) M-tank = time left

For the M ,D. E tanks what are the recognized equations to determin the tome left on that specific tank?

My name is Dan and I can be reached at ontariofirstaidworld.com or ontariofirstaid@gmail.com

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