{"id":543,"date":"2018-03-10T19:48:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2018-03-10T19:48:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T19:48:44","slug":"travel-by-car-with-medical-oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/travel-by-car-with-medical-oxygen\/","title":{"rendered":"travel by car with medical oxygen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tA great resource over at <a href=\"https:\/\/copd.net\/living\/traveling-with-oxygen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COPD.net<\/a> on the safety tips of travelling with oxygen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/2018\/03\/10\/travel-by-car-with-medical-oxygen\/car-travel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2241 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/car-travel.jpg\" alt=\"car travel with oxygen\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Do\u2019s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DO fill the portable tank carefully, if using liquid oxygen. Liquid oxygen is extremely cold and can injure your hands, if frost should develop.<\/li>\n<li>DO carry your portable tank only in the case supplied with it.<\/li>\n<li>DO use a cart or holster to carry portable oxygen cylinders.<\/li>\n<li>DO keep your oxygen delivery system out of the bright sunlight or other heat sources.<\/li>\n<li>DO secure your tank, cylinder or portable concentrator so it does not <a href=\"https:\/\/copd.net\/living\/on-oxygen-on-the-go-part-4-hit-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roll around in the car<\/a>. Liquid tanks should never be laid on their sides; portable cylinders may be.<\/li>\n<li>DO bring extra batteries to power your concentrator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019ts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DON\u2019T put a portable tank inside a backpack or other carry bag.<\/li>\n<li>DON\u2019T place your tank, cylinder or portable concentrator in a car trunk or other tightly enclosed space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are quite a few DO&#8217;s for you to remember and t is always best to be prepared before embarking on a week or two away on holiday. Any advice needed on arranging oxygen please do just speak with the team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\">OxygenWorldwide.<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nref: https:\/\/copd.net\/living\/traveling-with-oxygen\/\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great resource over at COPD.net on the safety tips of travelling with oxygen. Do\u2019s DO fill the portable tank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":24,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,35,60,255,606],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portable-oxygen","tag-copd","tag-oxygen","tag-travel","tag-tips","tag-car"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}