USAF Standardized 100 Percent Oxygen Delivery System
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to provide United States Air Force (USAF) medical treatment facilities with a standardized method of delivering 100% O2 via an aviator's oxygen mask to patients suffering from decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning, and other ailments which require the administration of 100% O2. Studies show that administration of 100% O2 is the most effective method of treating decompression sickness and carbon monoxide poisoning short of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. However, the options for delivering 100% O2 to a patient under present conditions are highly varied and ineffective; very few methods ever deliver 100% O2 to the patient. The standardized 100% O2 delivery system replaces the standard hospital oxygen equipment with a Pressure-demand oxygen system that has the capability of delivering 100% O2 uninterrupted from the time of diagnosis in the emergency room to the time the patient arrives at the hyperbaric treatment facility.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA208075
Entities
People
- Darrell W. Criswell
- David W. Pridgen
- Neal Baumgartner
- Thomas M. Sundly
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine