Why Your Physician Prescribed Oxygen; What Is An Oxygen Concentrator - AirSep VisionAire 5 Manuel

VisionAire™ EN
1.0 Introduction
This Patient Manual will acquaint you with AirSep's VisionAire Oxygen
Concentrator. Make sure you read and understand all of the information contained
in this guide before operating your concentrator. Should you have any questions,
your Equipment Provider will be happy to answer them for you.

Why Your Physician Prescribed Oxygen

Many people today suffer from a variety of heart, lung, and other respiratory
diseases. A significant number of these patients can benefit from supplemental
oxygen therapy for respiratory care at home, in the hospital, or at a medical facility.
Oxygen is a gas that makes up 21% of the room air we breathe. Our bodies depend
on a steady supply to function properly. Your physician has prescribed
supplemental oxygen therapy because your body is not able to get enough oxygen
from room air. Oxygen is a non-addictive drug, and your physician prescribed a
flow sufficient to improve your condition.
Please keep in mind that unauthorized oxygen therapy can be dangerous. You
must seek medical advice before you use this unit. The Equipment Provider who
supplies your oxygen equipment will demonstrate how to set the prescribed
flow rate.

What is an Oxygen Concentrator?

Oxygen concentrators were introduced in the mid-1970s and have become the
most convenient, reliable source of supplemental oxygen available today. Without
an oxygen concentrator, the average patient would require a delivery of 12
bottles/cylinders of oxygen each month. Your oxygen concentrator produces all
the oxygen you need, with no deliveries required.
The air we breathe contains approximately 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 1%
other gases. In the VisionAire unit, room air passes through a regenerative
adsorbent material called molecular sieve. This material separates the oxygen
from the nitrogen and other gases. The result is a constant supply of high
concentration supplemental oxygen that is delivered to the patient.
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