Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-27 | Page 14 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Servi e eB B By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Oxy Oxygen en once was just an emergency emergency emer emer- gency JenC remedy rushed in when patients pa pa- were vere at the po point nt of ot death Today it Is b well established a. a as a useful weful rem remedy dy in man many forms farms of or dis dis- c case e and it il Is recognized that early use of ox oxygen n may be far more beneficial bene ben than any attempt to delay its application in certain types of oC cases until an emergency exists New oxygen devices include incubators incubators incubators which keep premature infants in a hi high h oxygen atmosphere For ups grown there arc are oxygen tents ox oxygen en roo rooms and special device for breathing oxygen oz on 01 a more limited lim scale In use me of oC the oxygen tent the oxygen oxygen oxy oxy- gen en in the air is kept down at al about 50 per cent level in contrast with the normal n level About one standard lank tank o of oxygen a d day y is required a to If an oxygen tent lent Is not available a temporary emergency type of ot apparatus appa appa- ratus can be made consisting of ot an anI anesthetic mask with wilh a I bag It II is also possible to lo introduce th the oxygen through h n R tube in the thee nose e In s setting up such system the oxygen must mart be passed through water to prevent too much drying of ot mem membranes membranes memo branes of oC nose and throat Oxygen should be used in all cases case In which breathing is difficult am and andin andin in n which the patient suffers from an actual shortage of oC air ail This occurs in all 11 types of oC asphyxia such as carbor monoxide poisoning pok or pneumonia The shortage of oC air which occurs with d diseases c es of or the heart is seldom greatly benefited by treatment with oxygen since this type of ot shortage shortages is s largely due to a slowing of circulation lation of oC the blood On the other hand oxygen may help cases of angina pectoris because in these cases there here ma may be a deficient deli deli- dent amount of oC oxygen in the heart hearl muscle 8 0 eo 0 Persons whose attacks of or angina anina pectoris are readily controlled by rest or by tr treatment with wilh the usual drugs do not need oxygen but those who have frequent and severe attacks at at- tacks acks of an angina ina which come on with the he slightest amount of physical effort effort ef ef- ef fort may find themselves greatly benefited by this treatment All that is to be known about the value of oC oxygen en in various forms Corms of di disease e e has not yet et begun to be established es es- but investigations are arc being being beng be- be ing ng carried out in many hospitals and labora laboratories tories and increasing use is found Cound for this substance Since there i is danger of oC fire and of violent explosion of oC oxygen under wrong conditions it il ic is never to be used except under dire direction tion of an experienced attendant