Home Oxygen Therapy: Generalities and Monitoring

52^nd International Conference on Nursing & Primary Healthcare

July 20, 2021 Webinar

Anisbed Naranjo Rojas

Santiago de Cali University, Colombia

Keynote: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

In home care, the use of oxygen therapy equipment is a determinant in the evolution of chronic patients who require its application. So far the education that users receive from professionals in charge of respiratory care regarding the use and its prescription in the home environment, generates good results compared to control and follow-up with patients; however, when due to clinical and physical conditions it is time to withdraw oxygen supplies from the home, there is little clarity in the criteria for suspension and withdrawal of these equipment, generating insecurity in patients and health professionals regarding the timely withdrawal of oxygen equipment at home, as well as generating unnecessary costs to institutions providing health services, it also promotes the shortage of oxygen cylinders in situations that are objectively needed.

Biography :

Respiratory Therapist, Master in Management in Health Services, from the Universidad Libre (Cali - Colombia) Specialist in Teaching for Higher Education from the Universidad Santiago de Cali (Colombia), PhD student in Biomedicine, Universidad Córdoba - Spain. Six years of experience in coordinating home care programs. Eleven years of experience in university teaching-Universidad Santiago de Cali, management processes, planning and dissemination of products in health research. Associate Researcher (I), category Ministry of Science and Technology Colombia – 833, Member of the research group in education and health, classification A, [GINEYSA], integral research group classification B, [GISI].