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(Message started by: eileen on Nov 11^th, 2004, 9:40am)

Title: Oxygen Question
Post by eileen on Nov 11^th, 2004, 9:40am

I just got a script for O2 and was wondering what everyones Liter was??

I was told 15L for 15 mins.

Does this sound right????

Eileen

Title: Re: Oxygen Question
Post by Giovanni on Nov 11^th, 2004, 9:45am

Sounds about right to me. You can experiment on the liters per minute---usually ends up somewhere between 12-15. You do a non rebreather mask---the one with the bag underneath?

John

Title: Re: Oxygen Question
Post by Ronny on Nov 11^th, 2004, 9:59am

Hi,

My doc told me to use 8 liter, From what i've read here, 12-15 is better but it cant hurt to try at 8, bottle will last longer.

Ronny.

Title: Re: Oxygen Question
Post by Svenn on Nov 11^th, 2004, 11:02am

12LPM works best as far as i know,most neuroes says start at 8 ,but that amount did no good to me before i went up to 12lpm

Svenn

Title: Re: Oxygen Question
Post by alleyoop on Nov 11^th, 2004, 4:36pm

Turn it wide open! ;;D

................alley

Title: Re: Oxygen Question
Post by Gator on Nov 11^th, 2004, 6:02pm

Conventional wisdom says 8 - 10 lpm for 10 to 15 minutes. Actual experience here shows 12 - 15 lpm for 10 to 20 minutes through a non-rebreathing mask works best. A non-rebreathing mask is fairly worthless below 10 lpm. Most people will tell you if it doesn't work in 20 minutes, it's not going to work.

Gator