DreamStation - Connect to oxygen?

[zebrajeb]

Picked up a Dreamstation today. Unfortunately (stupid on my part), I didn't think to ask DME how to connect in oxygen with the heated hose. It will be Monday before I can talk to him again.

So, can you connect oxygen to Dreamstation without having to connect it where your mask connect or is that the only way? Do I have to not use the heated hose? My old Series M connected at the swivel which was nice.

Thanks

John

[chunkyfrog]

A good DME should not have to be reminded to do something so essential.
Often a DME's Oxygen department has to provide service 24/7.
Oxygen users will be along shortly with full details, but you can plug it into the Liberty for now.
You can use soft scrunchies to keep your O2 tube parallel to your hose.

[palerider]

Picked up a Dreamstation today. Unfortunately (stupid on my part), I didn't think to ask DME how to connect in oxygen with the heated hose. It will be Monday before I can talk to him again.

So, can you connect oxygen to Dreamstation without having to connect it where your mask connect or is that the only way? Do I have to not use the heated hose? My old Series M connected at the swivel which was nice.

I can't think of a consumer cpap that has an oxygen port.

resmed offers an o2 port on one of their heated hoses for the S9 series, which is nice, and one of our enterprising members figured out how to modify the heated hose for his Airsense 10 to add an o2 port.

short of adding an o2 port to the connector on the hose, it's likely that your best bet will be to run a hose to one of the ports on the mask. use some velcro strips or other method to keep the hoses together, or a hose cover, like Chunky suggests.

[OkyDoky]

ResMed Airsense and Aircurve 10 also has a ClimateLineAir Oxy Heated Tube for oxygen https://www.cpap.com/productpage/resmed ... ve-10.html but I couldn't find a Respironics one. If your DME doesn't have a solution you man want to think about ResMed.

[Roger2]

My oxygen line connects onto a "T" where it goes into the cpap machine at the hose connection. I am not sure what a dream station is but I don't think I have one.

Just curious, why are you on oxygen in the first place?

[zebrajeb]

Thanks all for the responses. I know that I can connect my oxygen into the mask. I can also use my old adapter to connect it below the mask. As some of you noted, however, it means I'd have to somehow tie the oxygen line next to the hose to keep them from tangling up!

I'm betting Respironics hasn't come out yet with an adapter.

Thanks again for suggestions.

John

[palerider]

ResMed Airsense and Aircurve 10 also has a ClimateLineAir Oxy Heated Tube for oxygen https://www.cpap.com/productpage/resmed ... ve-10.html

Good to know, thanks.

[palerider]

My oxygen line connects onto a "T" where it goes into the cpap machine at the hose connection.?

you can't use those with a heated hose, because it doesn't carry across the electrical connections.

[GettingBetter]

Thanks all for the responses. I know that I can connect my oxygen into the mask. I can also use my old adapter to connect it below the mask. As some of you noted, however, it means I'd have to somehow tie the oxygen line next to the hose to keep them from tangling up!

I'm betting Respironics hasn't come out yet with an adapter.

Thanks again for suggestions.

John

What I did is I purchased some velcro ties in a "wheel" so I can peel off one as I need them. I used these to keep my oxygen line neatly attached to my CPAP hose. I picked this up from office depot for like 7 bucks and used them all around the house to keep cords and such together neatly.

[zebrajeb]

Thanks for the suggestion GettingBetter. I'd thought of that too. Just seems like more to "fuss with" when using a CPAP is already enough - as I know from using one for 13 years.

I did contact Philips and they confirmed:

"Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately, when using the heated hose, the only way to bleed-in oxygen is at the mask in order to make the connection between
the humidifier and the heated hose connections."

So if you use oxygen and get a new DreamMaker from Philips Respirionics, you will need to do something like GettingBetter suggested. I'm also wondering about using my old connector between hose and mask, and using a hose cover to keep everything in place. Wonder if that will impact how the heated hose works?

Thanks for responses.

John

[OkyDoky]

I'm also wondering about using my old connector between hose and mask, and using a hose cover to keep everything in place. Wonder if that will impact how the heated hose works?

I don't believe using a cover would be a problem and some on here do because they like the feel or look of the cover rather than the tube. You would probably have an easier time putting it on with one that has a zipper.

[Wayne P]

Use a Soclean heated tube adapter. If you already use a Soclean put a tee and a second one way valve in the line to run both

[Guest]

This is remarkably stupid on DreamStation's part! PHILLIPS RESP It is true! There is no Heated Hose that allows a port for O2! NICE THINKING AHEAD ...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ! What is wrong with this company ? It is a hose needing an adaptor at the the connector to the machine not to my mask! You try to sleep with your design ! PHILLIPS ! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR COMPANIES "ROLL OUT OF THE "DREAMSTATION" ? Without a heated hose, your product pushed water into my lungs causing me to arrive at the ER. I was placed on two Antibiotics to prevent lung infections!!! I could not stop treatment due to your agreement with Medicare that "I must comply for 21 days or I must pay for the equipment! MYSELF ! " I suffered thru 4 weeks but I am very angry... APRIA'S PHONES are answered in the Manilla !!!! ONLY ! And their settings, even when ordered by a Doctor are altered only thru "THE CLOUD" and it doesn't rain very often! Throughout many years Apria has sucked 10's of thousands of dollars out of this account and this year it will stop ! Think twice or perhaps three times if you are choosing a product I have warned you about!

[Wulfman...]

This is remarkably stupid on DreamStation's part! PHILLIPS RESP It is true! There is no Heated Hose that allows a port for O2! NICE THINKING AHEAD ...RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ! What is wrong with this company ? It is a hose needing an adaptor at the the connector to the machine not to my mask! You try to sleep with your design ! PHILLIPS ! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR COMPANIES "ROLL OUT OF THE "DREAMSTATION" ? Without a heated hose, your product pushed water into my lungs causing me to arrive at the ER. I was placed on two Antibiotics to prevent lung infections!!! I could not stop treatment due to your agreement with Medicare that "I must comply for 21 days or I must pay for the equipment! MYSELF ! " I suffered thru 4 weeks but I am very angry... APRIA'S PHONES are answered in the Manilla !!!! ONLY ! And their settings, even when ordered by a Doctor are altered only thru "THE CLOUD" and it doesn't rain very often! Throughout many years Apria has sucked 10's of thousands of dollars out of this account and this year it will stop ! Think twice or perhaps three times if you are choosing a product I have warned you about!

It's preferable and safer to attach the oxygen hose to a connector at the mask, not near the machine.
To attach it near an electrical/heated location could be a potential fire hazard.
Very simple and much cheaper. They typically look like these.






Maybe ResMed came up with a (expensive) heated hose with a connector, but I sure wouldn't want to use that setup.


Den

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[Woody]

I use oxygen with my cpap too but about 8 years ago I bought my own
o2 concentrator so my new DME may not know I use oxygen. I picked
up a new DreamStation Auto monday and although it came with a heated
hose but decided to not use it. It wasn't till I read this post that I considered
the difficulty of adding oxygen with that heated hose. I know 3 or 4 days
is to short to draw any conclusions but it looks like this new machine is
giving me a lower AHI than the old one did.