Important Rules During Escape; End Of Use; Disposal; Transport Regulations - Dräger Oxy K 30 E Mode D'emploi

Preparing the Mouthpiece
(all units)
Perform the following donning
steps without hesitating in
approx. 20 seconds.
Take the breathing hose out of
the housing and bring it up to
your mouth to activate oxygen
production. The breathing bag
will be filled within 1 to 2 minutes.
Do not twist or bend the
breathing hose!
Remove the plug from the
mouthpiece.
Put the mouthpiece into your
mouth straight away!
Inserting the Mouthpiece
Open your mouth and put the
mouthpiece between your teeth
and your lips.
WARNING!
The mouthpiece is of limited use
for persons with dentures.
Hold the mouthpiece tight with
your lips.
Pull the nose clip apart, then
push it over your nostrils. The clip
must completely shut your
nostrils.
Use your hands to unfold of the breathing bag, if necessary.
ATTENTION!
If the breathing bag has not inflated, exhale several times to fill
the breathing bag with ambient air.
Breathe steadily.
Don protective goggles.
Don chest strap:
— Take both parts of the chest strap (see "What is What" on
page 13) out of the oxygen self-rescuer.
— Pull the left part of the chest strap around your body.
— Close the buckle.
— Pull the strap tight.
Note
Dräger recommends practising this procedure with the
training unit.

Important Rules during Escape

— Stay calm when leaving the danger zone; do not rush.
— Plan your escape to be sure that you chose the shortest route on
your way to safe ambient air.
— Do not panic. Panic causes hasty, shallow breathing which uses
up more oxygen.
— Make sure to keep the mouthpiece firmly gripped between teeth
and lips and to keep your lips closed tight.
— Warm and dry air coming from the oxygen self-rescuer is a sign
that the unit is functioning properly. You might notice that the air
coming from the oxygen self-rescuer has a strange taste, but this
is normal and harmless.
— Take care not to waste lifesaving oxygen by damaging or
squashing the breathing bag.
— If you need to vomit, take the mouthpiece out of your mouth and
use your thumb to hold it shut. Do not vomit into the oxygen self-
rescuer.
Do not inhale again before putting the mouthpiece back into
your mouth to prevent an intake of toxic air from the
environment.
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End of Use

— Your will notice that the oxygen supply is depleted when the
breathing bag begins to deflate and it gets harder and harder to
breath.
— Any unit used underground must be brought to the surface.

Disposal

The oxygen self-rescuer is to be discarded after use.
Deactivating Spent Oxygen Self-Rescuer
— Keep the unit away from combustible substances (petrol, grease,
solvents etc.) at all times to prevent danger of fire!
— Wear protective goggles and gloves.
— Remove starter from the housing and discard it according to local
regulations.
— Remove KO cartridge from the housing.
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— Keep dismounted KO cartridge completely immersed in water
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until no more gas bubbles emerge. Use a 3 % acid, e.g. HCl, at a
1:1 ratio to neutralise the resulting solution.
— All plastic components are marked and can be sorted according
to their material characteristics for recycling.
Have us take care of disposal! (prices available upon request)
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Please put damaged, opened
rescuers into an approved packaging which fulfil transport regulations
and send them to the following address:
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
Service/Produktrücknahme
Revalstraße 1
23560 Lübeck
Germany
Tel.: +49 451 882-0
email: recycling@draeger.com

Transport Regulations

When being transported, breathing protection equipment is subject to
international transport regulations.
Breathing protection equipment is classified as:
UN 3356 "Oxygen generator, chemical" Class 5.1,
packing group II
Starters of damaged and/or opened and partially spent breathing
protection equipment must be activated before transport. After
cooling down, the breathing protection equipment has to be sealed in
a plastic bag. The unit has to be brought to the shipping department
in an approved packaging (e.g. Dräger Transport packaging
63 04 511).
The shipment is classified as:
UN 3085, Oxidizing solid, corrosive, n.o.s. (Potassium
Superoxide, Potassium Hydroxide), Class 5.1, packing group I
Please take special regulations into account which may apply for the
hired shipping company.

Maintenance

The user may carry out the following repair procedures by himself:
Replacing the Indicator Window
Use a screw driver to carefully remove the defective indicator
window.
Insert the new indicator window into the indicator housing by
applying a small amount of pressure.
Replacing the Pictograph
Use a sharp-edged tool, e.g. a razor blade, to remove the
defective pictograph.
Use a degreasing agent to clean the surface.
Affix new pictograph.
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Always activate the starter before sending opened oxygen self-rescuers!
Afterwards, please put the oxygen self-rescuer in a sealed PE bag
, spent or expired oxygen self-
.