Oxygen tent
An oxygen tent is a tent-like device in which patients are supplied with oxygen- enriched air .
shape
Oxygen tents can be manufactured and used in different sizes. There are versions that can be worn on the face, right up to room-size models. The side walls are usually transparent to allow observation from the outside.
history
Around 1900, the French doctor Charles Michel (1850–1935) discovered that a sterile oxygen atmosphere promoted the healing of certain diseases and injuries (e.g. burns ). Oxygen tents were eventually developed from the time of World War II . With the help of the tent, foreign substances could be filtered out of the air and thus diseases of the respiratory tract could also be treated.
Trivia
As a result of his hit album Thriller , Michael Jackson was rumored to be sleeping in an oxygen tent, which inspired him to write his song Leave Me Alone .
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oxygen tent , das. Duden , 2013, accessed on September 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Oxygen tent . medicalexpo.de, 2013, accessed on September 4, 2013 .
- ^ Oxygen tent. discoveriesinmedicine.com, 2013, accessed September 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Oxygen tent - contain the risk of infection. fitgesundschoen.de, accessed on September 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Michael Jackson, pop's uneasy king, dead at 50.boston.com, June 26, 2009, accessed September 4, 2013 .