Oxygen Treatment for Injuries and Illnesses

Emergency oxygen can make a positive difference in the outcome of patients suffering from any of the following life-threatening problems;

1) Traumatic injury leading to excessive blood loss or airway interference
  • Any injury involving massive blood loss means that some tissues may suffer from lack of oxygen due to reduced blood flow.
  • Any injury that interferes with an airway or breathing.

2) Shock
  • Any injury or illness, serious or minor, that stresses the body may result in shock. In reaction to a medical condition, the body pools blood into one or more of the vital organs, such as the brain, heart or kidneys. This reduces the normal blood flow to other body tissues depriving the cells of oxygen.

3) Cardiac arrest
  • Cardiac arrest occurs when a heart artery becomes blocked and the heart stops receiving oxygen. When the heart is oxygen deprived, it may begin to quiver - called ventricular fibrillation - or the heart may just stop beating.

4) Respiratory arrest
  • Respiratory arrest occurs when the lungs stop functioning due to paralysis of the diaphragm, collapse of the lung or any number of respiratory failures. Respiratory arrest is a medical emergency and it usually is related to, or coincides with, a cardiac arrest.

5) Stroke
  • A stroke occurs when a blood vessel is blocked or ruptures in the patient's brain. Blockage or rupture deprives the brain of oxygen and causes cell death.

6) Near drowning
  • Drowning is defined as death cause by asphyxiation (suffocation) in water.
  • Near drowning is when a person suffers asphyxiation in water, but is revived.

7) Decompression illness
  • Decompression illness (DCI) is the term used to describe two diving maladies - lung overexpansion injuries and decompression sickness.
  • DCI can also cause shock, respiratory and/or cardiac arrest - all needing emergency oxygen treatment. Read more >>