In the Emerald city this week alongside our Medline Industries, LP team in-servicing one of many Providence Hospitals, Swedish 1st Hill, with everything Oxy2Mask! Happy to be working with Medline’s Leslye Akins and Greg Moss, along with our Southmedic US sales team of Jay Graham, Troy Gordon and our Director of Respiratory Chris Woodland! Loving the sights of Puget Sound and Pike Place over lunch!

Great to see our Director of Respiratory Chris Woodland in Europe with our partner Duomed Group from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands training and showcasing our Oxy2Mask family of products.  

Southmedic is pleased to share our newest partnership of our OxyMask™ products with Medline Industries. More information can be found here: https://newsroom.medline.com/releases/medline-awarded-exclusive-distribution-of-oxymask-by-southmedic-inc

Congratulations Patricia DeJuilio and team from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital on the publication of this study! The Evaluation of Safety and Cost of an Open-Design Oxygen Mask in a Large Community Hospital highlights how OxyMask not only improves patient safety but also significantly reduces cost. Read more: https://thebetteroxygenmask.com/research-papers/

All hospital staff are affected by patient safety. A culture committed to patient safety ensures quality care. A closed oxygen mask may cause patient harm at inappropriate flow settings. Some masks require a minimum O2 flow to ensure CO2 is being flushed out of the mask. Rebreathing CO2 can lead to hypercapnia and even patient death. The OxyMask’s open design technology reduces the risk of CO2 rebreathing at oxygen flows as low as  1 LPM. During exhalation, the mask openings allow expired carbon dioxide to escape. These openings also minimizes the potential of emesis being aspirated. Learn more about the safety benefits of OxyMask: http://thebetteroxygenmask.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patient-Safety-Sell-Sheet.pdf    

New educational tools are now available https://thebetteroxygenmask.com/clinical-education/. There are three new in service videos, handouts, online quiz, and more! Contact our sales and marketing department for support on your next training sessions at oxymask@southmedic.com.  

OxyMask is getting new packaging! The new packaging is colour coded so choosing the correct size can be done quickly. All sizes available are illustrated in the top right corner. Size and functionality of mask is clearly described.

Respiratory Therapists play a significant role in the health and wellbeing of their patients. They are responsible for making sure patients are comfortable, safe and compliant with oxygen therapy and are dedicated to helping them benefit from treatment. When treating patients on oxygen therapy, many RT’s are challenged with finding the most appropriate oxygen therapy device to best suit their needs. Why RTs choose OxyMask … OxyMask is one of the latest breakthroughs in advanced oxygen delivery technology. It features an open design that is ideal for patients whose oxygen requirements vary throughout their hospital stay. Clinicians can respond to a patient’s changing oxygen needs simply by increasing or decreasing oxygen meter flow from 1 litre per minute (lpm) up to flush (>15 lpm) to deliver 24%-90% FiO2 and maintain the desired SpO2. OxyMask is designed to deliver a broad range of oxygen in a safe and effective manner. OxyMask is the ideal solution many of the issues RTs are faced with today. Read more about the features and benefits of OxyMask -> LEARN MORE