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(Message started by: ZAIRA on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:01pm)

Title: Oxygen question
Post by ZAIRA on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:01pm

How many litres/min of oxygen do you take? :-[
Just a curious! ;DThanks, Zaira

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by ave on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:05pm

10-12 liters.

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by jonny on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:06pm

Ahhh, another thing I know about (Man, I know alota shit today ;D)

15 for me....NEVER any less, I blast that bastard back to the damn stoneage with 15/LPM ;D

.................................jonny

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by ZAIRA on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:11pm

Also I take 15 lit/min, sometimes I don't use Imitrex...... ;D

Zaira

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by JDH on Sep 15^th, 2003, 2:20pm

15 LPM for me and 5-10 minutes later I'm good to go.

Jim

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by surfshi on Sep 15^th, 2003, 3:19pm

yup I also turn it up to 15 and if it went any higher would probably turn it up more not that it would do any good for heavens sake why is our atmospher made of so little o2... You people crack me up.... laugh laugh...laughand Im still laughing just got in from outside what a place... Surf

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by daveengland on Sep 15^th, 2003, 3:58pm

12-15LPM
9 if i've been woken up with one-too easy to fall back asleep!!!

dave

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by jonny on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:01pm

on 09/15/03 at 15:58:07, daveengland wrote:

12-15LPM
9 if i've been woken up with one-too easy to fall back asleep!!!

dave

Take the strap off the mask.......TADA ;D

...............................jonny

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by vig on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:01pm

I've still never tried it. The neuro I went to said it doesn't work.

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by 9erfan on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:06pm

Does everyone have portable tanks? When I had oxygen years ago they only gave me the tank that stands like 4 or 5 feet high (I think it's called an H tank).

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by jonny on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:06pm

on 09/15/03 at 16:01:39, vig wrote:

I've still never tried it. The neuro I went to said it doesn't work.

KILL your Neuro!!!!

......................jonny

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by daveengland on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:07pm

will do johnny ;D ;D ;D ;D

dave

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by Mr.Happy on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:17pm

Although my regulator goes up to 15, I never went above 8 lpm. Saves on O2, and that's more than my _good_ lung can handle w/o popping.
Vig, what the long haired Boston Yankee sed: Kill your Neuro..........unless he makes sure you're equipped with all the latest colorful meds you could ever want. If that's the case, visit your neighborhood welding supply.

Smokin' one, boss,
RJ

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by vig on Sep 15^th, 2003, 4:30pm

I've still never tried it. The neuro I went to said it doesn't work.

Here's where being a part of this (CH.com) is really great....

I've met some of you. I've seen you at the OO TANK.
...with my own eyes, I SAW it work. I KNOW it works

As soon as the neuro said it, I knew I could disregard all that he had to say, because it was either incorrect or outdated. His credibility was gone with one flush.

Are the other doctors listening? Do you see how important being honest to patients is?

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by Not4Hire on Sep 15^th, 2003, 7:00pm

...now HERE's a topic i can relate to...

fuhst...(damn, i just cain't quite speak Texish... Texican... Tejano... Texsperanto... aw, fuckit)

FIRST: Zaira... my dear Italian *artista* >>>if the BAG is fulla o2 everytime you take your next breath, you are getting enough o2... if it goes FLAT or if you feel like you have to .....struggle... for the next breath, then crank it up a notch or two.....

...we are not all constructed the same... lung capacity varies... (i mean look at Dolly Parton.... ;D )

...on the other hand, if that ***NON-REBREATHER MASK*** (accept no other!!!) is about to burst, yer probably got it turned up too high..... which leads to curing headaches of yer neighbors, yer dog, and probably GLOBAL WARMING....... ;)

..as fer the rest of these REPLIES.....they are ALL good counsel..... except MrHappy: he'll smoke one while gassin up his car..... heh.... and that's NOT_A_GOOD_IDEA(tm)... and "killin' yer neuro" ...well, have it hired out.....

Good luck.....Steve(Not4Hire)

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by Roxy on Sep 15^th, 2003, 7:37pm

on 09/15/03 at 19:00:08, Not4Hire wrote:

..
fuhst...(damn, i just cain't quite speak Texish... Texican... Tejano... Texsperanto... aw, fuckit)

Hey Steve....I give tutorials.... ;D

Zaira, I use 15 LPM's, and usually about 5-10 minutes.

Then I have a smoke..... 8)

Title: Re: Oxygen question
Post by Ueli on Sep 15^th, 2003, 9:39pm

Most non-rebreather masks have only one of the two exhaust ports (besides the nose) covered with a flappy disk that serves as a one-way valve. This is called a "safety feature". Through the other port you can suck in air if the flow is not quite high, and you can feel the wind of the in-rushing air on the side of your nose.

My solution: I salvage the disk of an old discarded mask and put it on the second port of my current mask. In this way I never get outside air, even at a low flow rate (8 l/min when I'm sitting, a bit higher if I walk around).

PFNADs
Ueli