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There were not enough packages
Mindaugas Čipinys, deputy director of infrastructure at Panevėžys Hospital, explained why it was necessary to purchase oxygen at the Infectious Diseases Clinic.
“We built a new cryogenic tank because the number of infected patients using oxygen has increased tenfold since the first wave of the pandemic. At the Infectious Diseases Clinic, there are consistently more than 40 to 60 patients requiring oxygen therapy to treat COVID-19 infection. With the infrastructure resources available, we could no longer supply oxygen to patients; it was supplied in packages every day and its capacity was no longer sufficient, ”explained M. Čipinys.
jp.lt/RIMVYDAS ANČEREVIČIUS photo / Mindaugas Čipinys
Helped by a trading company
According to the deputy director of the hospital, a solution was found in cooperation with Gaschema.
“They won the tender and were able to install a new cryogenic oxygen tank very quickly at the Infectious Disease Clinic. He promised that the work, and it is really urgent, will be done. This is a very important factor as the situation changes every day. It is necessary to ensure that patients are constantly supplied with oxygen, “said M. Čipinys and continued:
“The contents of the oxygen tank will be visible based on the telemetry data. As soon as they see that there is a lack of oxygen, Gaschema employees will have enough time to come and fill the tank with oxygen once a week.”
It takes a lot of oxygen
M. Čipinys said that until then, oxygen was carried in packages every day.
“The cylinders in the pack were plugged in and disconnected when the oxygen ran out. The resources were considerable. Oxygen to be delivered in liquid is cheaper than when shipped in packages. By the way, a person who has been diagnosed with a COVID-19 infection and needs oxygen therapy exhales up to 8-10 liters per minute. You need 11,520 liters of oxygen per day. The amount of oxygen consumed depends on the specific clinical situation and is individual for each patient with the COVID-19 disease ”, explained the deputy director of the Panevėžys Hospital and was satisfied that the oxygen capacity had also been built in the Disease Clinic Infectious
Oxygen will be supplied
Eugenijus Preidis, head of the Infectious Diseases Clinic, explained that oxygen capacity is very necessary.
jp.lt/RIMVYDAS ANČEREVIČIUS photo / Eugenijus Preidis
“The number of patients in the clinic is growing and 48 of them need oxygen therapy. In the past, oxygen was delivered to the hospital in balloon packages and we transported those packages every day. The number of patients is increasing and the number of packages it is not enough. These oxygen tanks will last a week and we will be more calm, to supply oxygen. The tank will fill automatically when the oxygen runs out, “said E. Preidis.
Patient exam houses
According to the head of the Infectious Diseases Clinic, the number of COVID-19 patients will increase and their number will increase every day, if there was one number in the morning, another number in the afternoon.
“Only coronavirus patients are in the infectious disease clinic. Their number increases every day. Therefore, the administration of Panevėžys Hospital arranged for us to have an oxygen tank. This makes it safer and more convenient. Oxygen therapy is one of the treatments for COVID-19. It is used when a person has respiratory failure and oxygen helps to breathe ”, reported the head of the clinic E. Preidis and explained what type of container is in the courtyard of the clinic:
“Those two houses are two additional places for us to see patients. If necessary, we send the patient for treatment, and if not, we take him home. This is an additional area to examine patients.”
Oxygen therapy
Different oxygen devices can be attached to the COVID-19 patient. For example, an artificial lung ventilator uses approximately 5 liters of oxygen per minute (L / min) and a mask uses approximately 8-10 L / min. oxygen, and the high-flow device consumes up to 50 L / min through the hand cannula. and more oxygen.
The average daily oxygen consumption ranges between 20 and 60 liters per minute. This variation in oxygen intake depends on the specific clinical situation and is individual for each COVID-19 patient.
The temperature of medical oxygen fluid is minus 162 degrees Celsius. This liquid is transported by car in cryogenic containers (resistant to frost), which are then stored in hospitals. The gas is then evaporated and fed into the wards for patients to breathe through the nets as needed.
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