Great Video Kim! Just a bit of information for you and your viewers. Anytime a Y connector is used for O2 like you are doing, or with a pair of concentrators, ALWAYS run one higher than the other. If you are on 8 LPM then run one on 6 LPM and the other on 2 LPM. If you run them both at 4 and 4 it does this weird "push against itself" thing and you will not be getting 8 LPM. If you run one at 6 and one at 2 the 6 will be going by at a faster rate in the Y connection and actually pull the 2 LPM along with it. I'm a licenced nurse and have been doing home O2 setups for over a 15 years. I would also encourage you to buy an inline flow meter to check your total LPM at the end of the single green hose you connect your cannula to. You can fine tune each O2 source from there. The world needs more people like you who care enough to post great videos like this !
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video... I am new to the Oxygen game and at first I hated it but I have grown to tolerate it... I think the reason I hated it mostly was because of what I call "The Dance of The 50ft Hose"... I was forever tripping or getting caught on furniture... my GF would trip on the hose... after a few weeks It finally "some what" lay flat but I still had to straighten it out every other day... DREADING having to put another new hose on the concentrator for fear of "THE DANCE" I looked up YT for solutions found your video... I did as you said and I am soooooo happy with the results, you have made my life just a bit easier...
Hi, Kim. I recently needed to go on oxygen, so I have a large oxygen concentrator that sits on the floor with wheels to move it around and 25' long cannula tubing attached to it. The hose was a real mess, all wound up. It was difficult to deal with and actually a danger that people, including me, could easily trip over and fall. I came on TH-cam in the hope of finding a video that could help solve this problem, and lo and hehold, I came upon your excellent video with that easy-to-do marvelous suggestion about how to straighten the tubing out. I did it and it worked perfectly. I didn't have a laundry bag, but a pillow case tied at the open end worked great. THANK YOU so much for your video. You've got another jewel in your crown!
I can’t thank you enough for this! My husband has COPD and is constantly struggling with curly tubing. This worked like a charm! We are so grateful! Thanks!
I use a head sweatband (stretchable cotton material) and wrap the cannula line around it going from my nose up to the headband with a couple loops around the headband until it is on the back of my head. I then put a couple of stitches on the line in the back to hold it from moving. It is so comfortable. The lines aren't on my ears. The lines are pulled on my cheeks. Most of the time I completely forget that I even have it on except for the pressure of the headband on my head. You get use to that as well. I have gone places and forgot it was on to have people look at my wondering why I have a headband on. I don't care what others think as it is just so completely comfortable.
This information helped me so much. It really works! My tube is 50 foot. I had been occasionally checking youtube for help with curling o2 tubes and finally found this video. THANK YOU, Kim!
Question: how did you get so many portable LOX tanks? I have one; the DME company said that's all that can be provided. I'm on LOX because I require a higher flow (4 at rest, 6 on activity, up to 8 with exertion), which the E cylinders can't handle without needing a truck of them. A second portable LOX would be helpful when I have to see specialists 30 miles away. Seeing I am in the LA area and would have to use the busiest freeways in the country, 30 miles means 75-90 minutes. Thanks.
Kim we did this & it worked great putting it in the dryer. It is starting to curl a little, where did you get the little swivel to put in between the tubes. Also did you ever do the dryer trick more than once on your tubing??
I have a friend who is a nurse and she suggested to me to put the cannula over my head so,that the tubing goes down my back and doesn't get in the way. That is how they put it on children in the hospital.
I switch my tubing down the back when going to bed. I have it going up and behind the headboard. Works great! Then in the morning I switch it back to the front of me.
Thank you, my dad is new to oyxgen and hes getting annoyed with almost tripping over the cord, we have a big house so we have up to 100ft of cord, you would think a retractable cord of sorts could be made
I need about 40' of tubing but i have been told that all lengths are 25'. My mom does good not falling when there is nothing on the floor. She gets the extra length of tubing under her feet so i walk around behind her pulling the tube out of the way. Does anyone have a hack to retract the extra length of tubing?
I have cats that want to chew the tubing, so I put duct tape on the entire tube. Problem solved, no more tooth punctures. It's tedious but worth it. Anybody got a better solution?
Great Video Kim! Just a bit of information for you and your viewers. Anytime a Y connector is used for O2 like you are doing, or with a pair of concentrators, ALWAYS run one higher than the other. If you are on 8 LPM then run one on 6 LPM and the other on 2 LPM. If you run them both at 4 and 4 it does this weird "push against itself" thing and you will not be getting 8 LPM. If you run one at 6 and one at 2 the 6 will be going by at a faster rate in the Y connection and actually pull the 2 LPM along with it. I'm a licenced nurse and have been doing home O2 setups for over a 15 years.
I would also encourage you to buy an inline flow meter to check your total LPM at the end of the single green hose you connect your cannula to. You can fine tune each O2 source from there. The world needs more people like you who care enough to post great videos like this !
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video...
I am new to the Oxygen game and at first I hated it but I have grown to tolerate it...
I think the reason I hated it mostly was because of what I call "The Dance of The 50ft Hose"...
I was forever tripping or getting caught on furniture... my GF would trip on the hose...
after a few weeks It finally "some what" lay flat but I still had to straighten it out every other day...
DREADING having to put another new hose on the concentrator for fear of "THE DANCE" I looked up YT for solutions found your video...
I did as you said and I am soooooo happy with the results, you have made my life just a bit easier...
Hi, Kim. I recently needed to go on oxygen, so I have a large oxygen concentrator that sits on the floor with wheels to move it around and 25' long cannula tubing attached to it. The hose was a real mess, all wound up. It was difficult to deal with and actually a danger that people, including me, could easily trip over and fall.
I came on TH-cam in the hope of finding a video that could help solve this problem, and lo and hehold, I came upon your excellent video with that easy-to-do marvelous suggestion about how to straighten the tubing out. I did it and it worked perfectly. I didn't have a laundry bag, but a pillow case tied at the open end worked great. THANK YOU so much for your video. You've got another jewel in your crown!
I can’t thank you enough for this! My husband has COPD and is constantly struggling with curly tubing. This worked like a charm! We are so grateful! Thanks!
I just went on oxygen a week ago. Thanks for this video. It has been very helpful.
I use a head sweatband (stretchable cotton material) and wrap the cannula line around it going from my nose up to the headband with a couple loops around the headband until it is on the back of my head. I then put a couple of stitches on the line in the back to hold it from moving. It is so comfortable. The lines aren't on my ears. The lines are pulled on my cheeks. Most of the time I completely forget that I even have it on except for the pressure of the headband on my head. You get use to that as well. I have gone places and forgot it was on to have people look at my wondering why I have a headband on. I don't care what others think as it is just so completely comfortable.
Picture of how you do it?
Thank You for this video! I used this technique today and it worked out well. Add a note that allow it to cool down for for another 10 minutes.
Thank you so much for making this video. It was very helpful
This information helped me so much. It really works! My tube is 50 foot. I had been occasionally checking youtube for help with curling o2 tubes and finally found this video. THANK YOU, Kim!
So glad it was helpful to you!
I'm going to try this next time I change tubing! Thank you.
Thank you so much for making this helpful tutorial
Question: how did you get so many portable LOX tanks? I have one; the DME company said that's all that can be provided. I'm on LOX because I require a higher flow (4 at rest, 6 on activity, up to 8 with exertion), which the E cylinders can't handle without needing a truck of them. A second portable LOX would be helpful when I have to see specialists 30 miles away. Seeing I am in the LA area and would have to use the busiest freeways in the country, 30 miles means 75-90 minutes. Thanks.
Great video Kim, thank you very much! God bless
Thank you!! Amazon sells the swivel connectors! 5 for $9.95!!
I get my swivel connectors from my oxygen supplier. Just have to ask for them.
Wow. Thank you ever so much. Great video.
Would a pillow case be okay for this? I don't have a mesh bag. Thx much.
Sounds reasonable.
Does this also work for the cannula twisting?
I bet you it would. Maybe just for 5 minutes though??
Where do you buy the wye piece?
What if you don't have a low heat setting on your dryer ? Don't want to mess things up.
Help please.
Kim we did this & it worked great putting it in the dryer. It is starting to curl a little, where did you get the little swivel to put in between the tubes. Also did you ever do the dryer trick more than once on your tubing??
Amazon has them, sear for
“oxygen swivel connector”
The oxygen supply company we use, Apria, also has some.
I have a friend who is a nurse and she suggested to me to put the cannula over my head so,that the tubing goes down my back and doesn't get in the way. That is how they put it on children in the hospital.
What a great idea Robin!!!!
I switch my tubing down the back when going to bed. I have it going up and behind the headboard. Works great! Then in the morning I switch it back to the front of me.
Thank you, my dad is new to oyxgen and hes getting annoyed with almost tripping over the cord, we have a big house so we have up to 100ft of cord, you would think a retractable cord of sorts could be made
@@YoungBlaze They do have retractable tubing I think
Is there a video to show you how to put it behind your head
I need about 40' of tubing but i have been told that all lengths are 25'. My mom does good not falling when there is nothing on the floor. She gets the extra length of tubing under her feet so i walk around behind her pulling the tube out of the way. Does anyone have a hack to retract the extra length of tubing?
Good information
Thank you, better than boiling
I have cats that want to chew the tubing, so I put duct tape on the entire tube. Problem solved, no more tooth punctures. It's tedious but worth it. Anybody got a better solution?
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