by CAIRE Inc. | Mar 7, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ I was inspired to write this piece this morning while I was on the treadmill, watching special clips of the athletes for the Winter Olympics. They were of course doing things that would appear impossible to us mere...
by CAIRE Inc. | Feb 9, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ You should check with your pulmonologist or primary care physician about your needs. Neither you nor your doc may be aware that commercial airlines are pressurized to supply the same amount of oxygen that is...
by CAIRE Inc. | Jan 15, 2018 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Jim Nelson, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ When lung disease progresses to the point that the patient needs supplemental oxygen, they enter a whole new world of terminology and bureaucracy. Gas bottles, regulators, concentrators, liquid oxygen, cannulas,...
by CAIRE Inc. | Nov 20, 2017 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, oxygen user and consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ So, what keeps you going? One in particular, or a combination of all three? I believe, you need them all, different proportions, MAYBE, and depending on your own personal choices, but you have to...
by CAIRE Inc. | Oct 6, 2017 | Patients Blog
Contributed by Bob Rawlins, consultant to CAIRE Inc. ~ So you’re on oxygen … And I say, “You are special.” 🙂 We talk about being on oxygen with an attitude!! Recognizing that is important, but so easy for some to dismiss. You have been prescribed supplemental oxygen...