Oxygen tent

A type of cover put over a person so that he or she can breathe in oxygen.


Airtight enclosure for a patient’s head and shoulders in which the oxygen content of the air can be raised above normal.


Now rarely used, a sheet of plastic put over a hospital bed with oxygen fed into it so that a patient can receive oxygen. Such treatment may be for a heart or lung condition in which the normal atmospheric concentration of oxygen is insufficient to enable the person to oxygenate the blood flowing through the lungs to a normal level, so extra oxygen is provided in the patient’s immediate surroundings.


A tent that can be placed over a bed for the continuous administration of oxygen and mist.


 


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