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Old Sep 19, 2022, 2:33 pm
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What’s a Nasal Cannula?
Well, what is it and what do you do with it and why is it very specifically indicated?

And if you don’t think it’s anything to do with BA here’s the photograph (A321 just above row 23 for those of you who never venture aft of row 1).


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Old Sep 19, 2022, 2:36 pm
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A device used to deliver supplemental oxygen or increased airflow to a patient or person in need of respiratory help.

Nasal cannula - Wikipedia
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Old Sep 19, 2022, 2:37 pm
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LOL. Its that tube they stick in your nostrils when you get oxygen. Kinda matches the fact that there is an oxygen canister pictured.

A 6 second google search has pictures.
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Old Sep 19, 2022, 2:37 pm
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It could deliver oxygen to an ill passenger in a fairly concentrated, localized manner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cannula
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Old Sep 19, 2022, 3:34 pm
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A nasal cannula (sometimes called nasal prongs overseas) is used to deliver low flow oxygen to a patient, usually 2-4 lpm, most commonly to a stable patient or a patient that cannot tolerate a non-rebreather mask. It is hooked up to the medical oxygen carried on board and as noted earlier the O2 is in that same locker.
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Old Sep 19, 2022, 3:51 pm
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Old Sep 19, 2022, 3:57 pm
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Of course, one normally has two nostrils, so they are usually known as nasal cannulae!



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Old Sep 19, 2022, 4:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Gastrocnemius
Of course, one normally has two nostrils, so they are usually known as nasal cannulae!



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Maybe the 2nd one has been enhanced.
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Old Sep 20, 2022, 1:35 am
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Originally Posted by Gastrocnemius
Of course, one normally has two nostrils, so they are usually known as nasal cannulae!



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This is the pedantry I love from flyertalk... and anaesthetists
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