For some people with Pulmonary Hypertension, breathing air with a higher concentration of oxygen can reduce the symptoms of breathlessness and fatigue.
In this special section of the PHA-UK website we’re going to look at supplementary oxygen, or Oxygen Therapy in greater detail- how a patient is assessed, the tests involved, how oxygen therapy works and the various types of oxygen delivery systems that are available. We are also going to hear from two PHA-UK members who use supplementary oxygen themselves.
As Oxygen Therapy involves medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, cylinders, tubes and nasal cannulae we thought it was best to show you how they worked rather than make you read about them. The following pages contain over 30 minutes of video featuring Dr Sean Gaine, Consultant Respiratory Physician from the Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Mater Miseriocordiae Hospital Dublin, Jill Smith, Patient Services Manager for Air Products, and PH patients Anne Emblen and Jacqui Boldy.
Dr Chris Steele
Patron PHA-UK
Dr Sean Gaine from the Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, Mater Miseriecordiae Hospital, Dublin, answers your questions about Oxygen Therapy.
Jill Smith, Patient Services Manager for Air Products, answers your questions about oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders, costs and safety.
Jacqui Boldy and Anne Emblen talk to Dr Chris Steele about their experiences of Oxygen Therapy.
How noisy is an oxygen concentrator? Oxygen cylinders and liquid oxygen delivery systems. Introduced by Jill Smith.