Background:
I'm looking to put together a kit that will allow me to provide elevated to high fO2 breathing support from EANx to O2, using various gas sources.
My goals are flexibility of source (connection), compactness, and cost efficiency.
Disclaimer/Frame: While I do have EANx and O2 Provider certs, I am not a medical professional, dive professional, or official first responder and do not require a kit that has to meet specific professional standards.
My immediately available option is a 120 of hot EANx and one of my reg sets - better than nothing in a pinch, but not ideal.
I'll likely be ordering a CGA-870 medical oxygen regulator and mask soon, and I'm on the lookout for good, local, used medical oxygen cylinders. If I happend upon a killler deal on a big DAN kit that would be awesome, and highly unlikely.
In any case, I'd like to be able to drive the the CGA-870 reg off of one of my scuba regs for access to my scuba gas when required. [I know that DIN-CGA870 adapters are available through DGX and NESS, but most of my cylinders are 3500psi nominal (and sometimes filled enthusiastically) with 300BAR valves, nixing DGX's adapter, and the medical regs seem to top out at 3000 psi supply anyway.]
My thought was to connect an LP outlet from my scuba 1st stage to the medical reg using a BC connection and a CGA-870 to NPT block.
Note: I am aware of the RescueEAN Pod but I plan to already have a medical reg and hope to just adapt it without the additional bulk of that kit.
The questions:
1 - Will the medical reg be able to function properly with a typical scuba reg IP as a source pressure?
2 - Will a standard BCD quick connect Shraeder flow enough gas at IP pressure to support a medical demand-breather mask if (I get that far) and/or say a 20 lpm continuous flow supply?
I'm looking to put together a kit that will allow me to provide elevated to high fO2 breathing support from EANx to O2, using various gas sources.
My goals are flexibility of source (connection), compactness, and cost efficiency.
Disclaimer/Frame: While I do have EANx and O2 Provider certs, I am not a medical professional, dive professional, or official first responder and do not require a kit that has to meet specific professional standards.
My immediately available option is a 120 of hot EANx and one of my reg sets - better than nothing in a pinch, but not ideal.
I'll likely be ordering a CGA-870 medical oxygen regulator and mask soon, and I'm on the lookout for good, local, used medical oxygen cylinders. If I happend upon a killler deal on a big DAN kit that would be awesome, and highly unlikely.
In any case, I'd like to be able to drive the the CGA-870 reg off of one of my scuba regs for access to my scuba gas when required. [I know that DIN-CGA870 adapters are available through DGX and NESS, but most of my cylinders are 3500psi nominal (and sometimes filled enthusiastically) with 300BAR valves, nixing DGX's adapter, and the medical regs seem to top out at 3000 psi supply anyway.]
My thought was to connect an LP outlet from my scuba 1st stage to the medical reg using a BC connection and a CGA-870 to NPT block.
Note: I am aware of the RescueEAN Pod but I plan to already have a medical reg and hope to just adapt it without the additional bulk of that kit.
The questions:
1 - Will the medical reg be able to function properly with a typical scuba reg IP as a source pressure?
2 - Will a standard BCD quick connect Shraeder flow enough gas at IP pressure to support a medical demand-breather mask if (I get that far) and/or say a 20 lpm continuous flow supply?