Home oxygen therapy can be used safely if certain precautions are taken..
Training of family members:
(1) equipment maintenance
(2) environmental emergency preparedness
(3) response to an abnormal oxygen saturation or patient deterioration
Environmental survey:
(1) reliable electricity
(2) working phone
Fire prevention:
(1) removing possible fuels from proximity to the patient
(2) not smoking in the room
(3) fire extinguisher
Maintaining the oxygen supply:
(1) primary supply
(2) back-up oxygen source
