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Patient Instructions for Liquid Oxygen




                   Fill Connector Cover

                         Fill Connector                                              Oxygen       Oxygen
                                                                                     Tubing       Supply
                                                Stationary Reservoir
                               Portable
                               Release
                               Button
                                                 c Fill humidifier with
                                                     distilled water

                                                d Attach humidifier to               Humidifier
                                                   breathing oxygen
                                                          supply

                           Pressure               e Turn Flow Control
                           Gauge
          Contents                                 to your prescribed
        Indicator                                         setting

                                                                                 Moisture
                                                 f Check for a steady            Collection
                                                                                 Container
                                                   stream of bubbles


                                                                                                         Moisture
                                                                                                         Drain
                                          Flow
                Breathing
              Oxygen Supply               Control


                                     Filling the Portable Reservoir
                               c Set portable on top of Liquid Reservoir system aligning the blue nozzles

                                      d Depress portable and release pressure flap on side of unit

                                               e Fill time is 1 to 2 minutes

                                                                      fWhen oxygen begins
                                                                  “fogging and sputtering” from
                                                                  the stationary, close pressure
                                                                   flap and release portable by
                                                                   depressing release button on
                                                                           top of the unit.


                                                                       gLift portable by the
                                                                     strap to check contents.
                                              OXYGEN FLOW/TIME CHART
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