In the UK, the number of patients requiring home oxygen therapy is on the rise – thanks to an increase in respiratory conditions, including asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Oxygen therapy can deliver huge benefits in terms of maintaining patient independence and quality of life. It also comes with everyday challenges and real [...]
Oxygen therapy is used across the homecare and across healthcare settings for the effective treatment of respiratory diseases including COPD and asthma – but this is only part of the story. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), where a patient breathes pure oxygen at higher than atmospheric pressures, is becoming increasingly popular for the treatment of everything [...]
There is a complex relationship between pressurised gas cylinders and fire. On the one hand, pressurised oxygen can pose a real fire risk, and home users of medical oxygen need to be aware of the hazard, and take steps to minimise risk. On the other hand, pressurised breathing air is essential to firefighters in their [...]
Oxygen therapy is playing an increasingly integral role in healthcare and home care. With the growing number of patients worldwide suffering from COPD, asthma and other respiratory conditions, providing a practical, lightweight and cost-effective oxygen therapy package has never been more important. In this post, AMS Composite Cylinders Director, James Cooper, explores some of the [...]
Medical gases are playing an ever more important role in UK healthcare. Today, they are essential to the existence and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of people, who depend on medical gases every day, both in hospitals and at home. In this post, AMS Composite Cylinders Director, Steve Langron, takes a look at the vital [...]
Healthcare and homecare are a growing market for the gas industry. As new technology and an aging global population drive increased healthcare expenditure, Stephen Langron, Director of AMS Composite Cylinders, takes a look at some of the opportunities in the sector for medical gas suppliers over the years ahead. Industry challenges and real opportunity One [...]