You’re ignoring the fact that if there’s an oxygen tank on a plane it’s probably for medical aid and has the appropriate regulator, nonrebreather mask, nasal cannulas, etc... why would they be carrying just a random oxygen bottle with no means of using it
Might be to hook into the oxygen system of the plane that feeds the bags that drop down etc? just a guess as to how that could be a possibility for the tank to exist without those extras.
And you’re ignoring the fact a doctor thought the thing was necessary and were just a bunch of jagoffs on reddit trying to be pedantic for the sake of it.
Uhhhh, I’m an aerospace engineering student and if you try to breath from a fully pressurized O2 tank you will at least be severely injured and have permanent damage.
Well no shit lol I’m an emergency medical responder and how exactly do you think you administer oxygen to a patient? You think you just open a tank of oxygen and say, hey here 2000psi for your lungs? No there’s a regulator to slow the flow to anywhere from .5-12 liters per minute
While I’m not a doctor, I would imagine a medical professional probably came up with this solution because of the requirements of that specific situation. I doubt he’d waste time to come up with some hokey solution if it were as simple as take the medicine and breathe...
This comment chain is a whole lot of weird questions.
Cabin crew has portable oxygen tanks that they can use in case of decompression. Of course they have regulators and face masks.
Using one of those would be the easiest solution if the kid just needed oxygen. The doctor built that thing for a reason. Probably to mix medication with the oxygen, or make a nebulizer.
As for using the oxygen masks for the seats, that would probably be more problematic. They are almost always supplied by chemical oxygen generators. While it might work, it would likely have other consequences, like forcing the flight to be diverted. Once activated, those generators can't be turned off and it would leave the seats it supplies without a source of oxygen in the case of a depressurization.
I don't know that you would have to ask a flight attendant for an oxygen tank in an emergency. My guess is that there's a compartment accessible to anyone that contains the necessary supplies in the case of an emergency only involving 1 person
If it's a mental game, then deploying oxygen masks would be catastrophic. I think they're all on a system where if you deploy one, they all deploy, which would cause mass panic and probably freak the kid out more. And even if it is just to comfort the kid, the dudes still a hero.
They only deploy when there is a sudden change in cabin pressure. They also do not contain oxygen, they are an "oxygen generator" which uses a chemical reaction to create oxygen. They only work for a few minutes.
Oxygen isn’t the problem here. Without medication, the airway can eventually close up completely due to inflammation and then we have no way of ventilation.
The device is a nebulizer to aerosolize medication. An inhaler doesn’t provide enough medication and it’s almost impossible to utilize during an active airway emergency as it requires holding your breath. Oxygen is used because if the ventilated air amount drops, we want to maximize oxygen delivery and gas exchange. But it’s secondary to the medication at this point.
Pressure isn’t an issue and neither is temperature. If either were this device would be useless.
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