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    Oxygen therapy involves the administration of oxygen by a physician to treat various medical conditions. It can be delivered through nasal cannulas, face masks, face tents, or transtracheal oxygen and aims to increase oxygen levels in the blood and tissues. The benefits of oxygen therapy include relieving shortness of breath and nausea, preventing heart failure, allowing the body's organs to function normally, prolonging life by reducing heart strain, and decreasing hospitalizations. Safety precautions must be taken when using oxygen therapy to avoid fire hazards, such as prohibiting smoking, using only cotton fabrics, and grounding electrical equipment.

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    Oxygen therapy involves the administration of oxygen by a physician to treat various medical conditions. It can be delivered through nasal cannulas, face masks, face tents, or transtracheal oxygen and aims to increase oxygen levels in the blood and tissues. The benefits of oxygen therapy include relieving shortness of breath and nausea, preventing heart failure, allowing the body's organs to function normally, prolonging life by reducing heart strain, and decreasing hospitalizations. Safety precautions must be taken when using oxygen therapy to avoid fire hazards, such as prohibiting smoking, using only cotton fabrics, and grounding electrical equipment.

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    Oxygen therapy involves the administration of oxygen by a physician to treat various medical conditions. It can be delivered through nasal cannulas, face masks, face tents, or transtracheal oxygen and aims to increase oxygen levels in the blood and tissues. The benefits of oxygen therapy include relieving shortness of breath and nausea, preventing heart failure, allowing the body's organs to function normally, prolonging life by reducing heart strain, and decreasing hospitalizations. Safety precautions must be taken when using oxygen therapy to avoid fire hazards, such as prohibiting smoking, using only cotton fabrics, and grounding electrical equipment.

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    Oxygen therapy – is the administration of oxygen as a therapeutic modality.

    It
    is prescribed by the physician, who specifies the concentration, method of
    delivery, and liter flow per minute.
    Benefits of Oxygen Therapy:

    Additional Benefits of Oxygen Therapy:


     Increased clarity
     Relieves nausea
     Can prevent heart failure in people with severe lung disease
     Allows the bodies organs to carry out normal functions
    Long-Term Benefits of Oxygen Therapy:
     Prolongs life by reducing heart strain
     Decreases shortness of breath
     Makes exercise more tolerable
     Results in fewer days of hospitalization
    Oxygen Delivery Systems
    1. Nasal Cannula
     Also called nasal prongs.
     Is the most common inexpensive device used to administer oxygen.
     It is easy to apply and does not interfere with the client’s ability to eat or talk.
     It delivers a relatively low concentration of oxygen which is 24% to 45% at flow
    rates of 2 to 6 liters per minute.
    2. Face Mask
     It cover the client’s nose and mouth may be used for oxygen inhalation.
     Exhalation ports on the sides of the mask allow exhaled carbon dioxide to escape.
    Types of Face Masks:
    1. Simple Face Mask – Delivers oxygen concentrations from 40% to 60% at liter
    flows of 5 to 8 liters per minute, respectively.
    2. Partial Rebreather Mask – Delivers oxygen concentration of 60% to 90% at liter
    flows of 6 to 10 liters per minute, respectively.
    3. Non Rebreather Mask – Delivers the highest oxygen concentration possible 95%
    to 100% – by means other than intubation or mechanical ventilation, at liter
    flows of 10 to 15 liters per minute.
    4. Venturi Mask – Delivers oxygen concentrations varying from 24% to 40% or
    50% at liter flows of 4 to 10 liters per minute.

    3. Face Tent
     It can replace oxygen masks when masks are poorly
    tolerated by clients.
     It provide varying concentrations of oxygen such as 30% to 50% concentration of
    oxygen at 4 to 8 liters per minute.
    4. Transtracheal Oxygen Delivery
     It may be used for oxygen-dependent clients.
     The client requires less oxygen (0.5 to 2 liters per minute) because
    all of the low delivered enters the lungs.
    Oxygen Therapy Safety Precautions:
    1. For home oxygen use or when the facility permits smoking, teach family
    members and roommates to smoke only outside or in provided smoking rooms
    away from the client.
    2. Place cautionary signs reading “No Smoking: Oxygen in use” on the clients door,
    at the foot or head of the bed, and on the oxygen equipment.
    3. Instruct the client and visitors about the hazard of smoking with oxygen use.
    4. Make sure that electric devices (such as razors, hearing aids, radios, televisions,
    and hearing pads) are in good working order to prevent the occurrence of short-
    circuit sparks.
    5. Avoids materials that generate static electricity, such as woolen blankets and
    synthetic fabrics. Cotton blankets should be used , and client and caregivers
    should be advised to wear cotton fabrics.
    6. Avoid the use of volatile, flammable materials such as oils, greases, alcohol,
    ether, and acetone(e.g. nail polish remover), near clients receiving oxygen.
    7. Ground electric monitoring equipment, suction machines and portable diagnostic
    machines.
    8. Make known the location of the fire extinguishers, and make sure personnel are
    trained in their use.

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