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What is Oxygen Therapy?

Oxygen therapy is the curative use of supplemental oxygen at a higher concentration than that of ambient air (21%) to treat pulmonary diseases or trauma aftereffects.

Oxygen Therapy for COPD
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), like emphysema and chronic asthma, may require additional oxygen to breathe either during a temporary worsening of their condition, or throughout the day and night.

Oxygen Therapy for Heart Attack Victims
A heart attack can cause injury to the heart muscle interfering with the process of blood re-oxygenation through the circulatory and pulmonary systems. Oxygen therapy supplies the additional oxygen needed to ease this process for the injured heart muscle.

Oxygen Therapy for Injury and Trauma
Shortness of breath can be the result of injury or trauma. Oxygen therapy reduces the stress and anxiety that accompany difficulty in breathing and supplies the body with the additional oxygen needed.

Oxygen Therapy for Illness
Pulmonary hypertension is caused by a narrowing of blood vessels in the lungs. Without oxygen therapy, having to work harder to supply blood to the lungs can strain the heart muscle resulting in death.

Oxygen Therapy Following Surgery
Oxygen therapy is used following surgery to help eliminate gases that accumulate in the blood as the result of anesthesia, especially during lengthy surgical procedures utilizing inhaled anesthetics.

Oxygen Therapy for Divers’ Disease
Oxygen first aid has been used as an emergency treatment for diving injuries for years. The success of re-compression therapy as well as a decrease in the number of re-compression treatments required has been shown if first aid oxygen is given within four hours after surfacing.