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Originally Posted by emptythermos
Im acctually a medic on a mountain team. I need oxygen tanks for medicine not for MFF or scuba.
Thats why im so adamant about the weight. No ones gonna want to hump an o2 tank up a mountain anyway, but especially so when it weighs 20+ pounds.
But you did bring up a good point about the regulators. I was under the impression that all medical o2 tanks were set up for the same general type of regulator.
Id really appreciate it if the Medics out there would let me know if anyone has these types of o2 tanks.
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Medical O2 tanks use a simple valve the opens with a wrench and allows simple flow adjustments. Depending on the set-up it can be regulated by a machine or just a simple pressure gauge to adjust flow.
There is at least four or five different valves out there for Scuba, close-circuit, and hard-hat diving,, a couple for the fire department, at least two I know of for medical, hi-altitude O2 assist for pilots/MFF probably a couple and air-soft,, that's just in the USA...
If you have the time, you may want to look up the support team S4 for some of the assents to the Himalayas, K2 & Everest. They have to stage O2 and X-tream O2 cold weather gear up the mountain. They probably have a keen sense of load bearing and weight distribution, when it comes to O2.
Good Luck,,