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Managing oxygen tubing hacks
Pulmonary fibrosis patients frequently become frustrated with managing oxygen tubing. I know I did.
I had an issue with the tubing kinking on a portable oxygen concentrator (POC). One of the hacks I used, especially with a POC, was to take a pipe cleaner and spiral it around the tubing near the connection to the POC. The pipe cleaners were rigid enough to prevent kinking, and they were inexpensive, allowing me to discard them after a single use.
What oxygen hacks can you share here?
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My only tip: for my home POC i use a 7’ cannula. For my portable (shopping, etc) i use a 4’ onefor less tangling in tge cart and cooler. I don’t use the home POC except at night, so i don’t need the 25’ of tubing (phew)
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