- Map your route and consider the following:
- Length of trip
- Number of overnight stops
- Distance between each scheduled stop
- Oxygen prescription and hours of use (helps determine number of cylinders required if not using a portable oxygen concentrator)
- Your oxygen supplier may be able to assist you with contacts for oxygen refills along your route. Schedule your trip to take advantage of oxygen exchange or refill points. This decreases the number of cylinders you may need to carry in your vehicle.
- Always carry enough back up oxygen to deal with unexpected travel delays (road work, bad road conditions etc).
- When traveling through high elevations or mountain passes you may require more oxygen then you do when at home. Try and avoid travelling to high elevations whenever possible.
- Secure your oxygen equipment in the car and whenever possible do not store oxygen cylinders in your trunk.
- Portable oxygen concentrators can be used with most vehicle car lighter adapters or internal batteries decreasing the number of compressed oxygen cylinders required or eliminating the need for liquid oxygen reservoirs.
