Oxygen is a life-saving essential medicine with no substitution. Healthcare professionals use oxygen to treat respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and pneumonia. Oxygen is also essential for surgery and trauma. Vulnerable groups like older people, pregnant women, young infants and newborns need oxygen therapy regularly. Despite being an essential medicine, oxygen is a complex product. Medicinal ...
Different industries, including health systems, use oxygen in regular basis. Oxygen in the market is available for industrial and medical use.
Foundations of medical oxygen systems has been complied to capture definitions, technical requirements, tools and resources related to medical oxygen systems based on information available in January 2023. This publication aims to make relevant and practical material accessible for Member States, policy makers, implementing partners, practitioners, biomedical engineers and technicians.
Oxygen therapy is essential to counter hypoxaemia and many a times is the difference between life and death. This manual focuses on the availability and clinical use of oxygen therapy in children in health facilities by providing the practical aspects for health workers, biomedical engineers, and administrators.
The Hill: Medical oxygen in short supply in many parts of world: Research
An article published this week in The Lancet medical journal found that more than half of the world’s population lacks access to safe and affordable medical oxygen services, and most people outside of ...
Oxygen therapy helps people with emphysema breathe more easily. In the later stages of the illness, oxygen may also extend someone’s life. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Recent studies and warnings from NASA have sparked global concern about the long-term sustainability of Earth’s oxygen supply. The implications of a diminishing oxygen reserve are profound, ...