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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Home oxygen concentrator failed, cylinder empty, or tubing disconnected — user breathless.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Alarm on concentrator, person pulling at cannula, lips blue.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Gauge on cylinder in red zone.
Scene hazards: Fire with O2, Hypoxia, CO2 retention in some users
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Open spare tank valve slowly — check flow meter bubble.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Sit upright — easier breathing position.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If no backup — 112 while keeping calm slow speech to reduce their panic.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Ventilate room but keep cannula on patient.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Oxygen dependent, supply failed, distress level.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Supplier number on tank label for delivery after stable.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hospital if backup exhausted before delivery.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pulse ox reading if home monitor — report to EMS.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT crank flow to maximum unprescribed — CO2 retainers harmed.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT oil grease tank valves — fire risk.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Oxygen is just comfort — running out is not urgent
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — For chronic hypoxic patients, interruption causes rapid deterioration and cardiac strain.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Waiting hours for delivery without 112.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Concentrators need power — outage pairs with ventilator risk.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Empty tank without backup is gradual suffocation for dependent users.