Oxygen & Medical Supply
Durable Medical Equipment
There’s no question being active gives you a sense of physical and emotional well being. But sometimes you need a little help, perhaps after surgery or an injury. At Sonora Oxygen & Medical Supply, we have products and services designed to help you get back to your active lifestyle as quickly as possible. By eliminating barriers and overcoming obstacles, you’re on your way to a better quality of life.
Sonora Oxygen & Medical Supply provides a wide range of home medical equipment to help improve the quality of life for clients with special needs. Basic categories of equipment are:
- Ambulatory Equipment, such as canes, crutches and walkers
- Hospital Room Equipment, such as hospital beds and bedside commodes
- Bathroom Equipment, such as bath and shower benches, elevated toilet seats
- Support Surfaces, such as pressure pads and mattresses, for clients at risk for developing pressure sores or decubitus ulcers
- Diabetic Supplies, including testing equipment and support services
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The single point cane has a length of wood or aluminum tubing with a handle used to steady a person's gait. The length is related to the person's height. The cane must fit the client at the correct hand height from the ground when the person is standing.
The quad cane has four rubber-tipped prongs extending from an adjustable aluminum staff. This cane provides more stability than a regular straight cane. The small base quad cane is used by clients who need support and who can climb stairs. The large base quad cane is used by clients who need more support and who are unable to climb stairs.
Underarm crutches are lengths of wood or aluminum tubing joined in a narrow "V" shape. The wide end is padded and fits in the underarm of the client. These crutches are usually used as a pair to support the weight of someone with an injured leg or foot. The size and length of the crutch is related to the standing height of the client.
Forearm crutches are lengths of reinforced aluminum tubing topped with guides for the client's forearms. The client passes his or her hands through the guides and grips the handles affixed to the tubing. These are crutches are usually used to steady the gait of a person with a neuromuscular disease or birth defect.
The adjustable folding walker has an aluminum tubular frame with four adjustable legs to accommodate the client's height. The walker has handgrips to aid the client, who positions himself or herself into it, gaining three-sided support while stepping forward.
Four wheeled rolling walker has an aluminum tubular fame with adjustable legs to accommodate the client's height. The walker has handgrips and brakes to aid the client. The walker has a seat allowing a client to sit when needed. To utilize the walker, the client positions himself or herself into it, gaining three-sided support while stepping forward.
A folding wheeled walker is similar to the folding walker except that it is equipped with wheels. This feature allows a person to glide if he or she isn't strong enough to lift the walker.
A standard wheelchair has non-removable, full-length arms, footrests (usually adjustable) and wheel locks. It will generally accommodate clients 5 feet 5 inches to 6 feet tall weighing 110 to 200 pounds.
A hemi-wheelchair has a lower seat than the standard wheelchair to allow a person to propel with his or her feet. This wheelchair is used by people not tall enough to be able to place their feet on the ground while in the chair.
A lightweight wheelchair is lighter than the average standard wheelchair and is used by people who lack the upper-body strength to propel himself or herself in a standard wheelchair.
A transport chair is similar to a wheelchair but the user cannot self propel and can only be pushed by the companion. Thus, the transport chair is both lighter and more compact than a wheelchair.
A heavy-duty (or bariatric) wheelchair is used by people who weigh more than 250 pounds.
A reclining wheelchair has a high back, a headrest and an extension, and the back reclines to various degrees.
Hospital Beds and Bedroom Aids
A semi-electric bed is used by a client who requires immediate and/or frequent changes in body positioning because of pain, difficulty breathing or other issues. This type of bed is helpful when clients are left alone so that they can make their own position adjustments. The head and knee sections are adjusted by a power hand control, but the height adjustment is manual.
A full electric bed, needed by clients who require frequent changes in body position, allows a person to make positions without adjustments. The head and knee sections and the height of the bed are adjusted by a power hand control.
A bedside commode is an apparatus with four legs that supports a toilet seat and a removable pail for easy cleaning. It is used by people who have difficulty getting to the bathroom.
A person who must always use a wheelchair is at risk for developing pressure sores, or decubitus ulcers. Unless the person repositions herself or himself frequently, decubitus ulcers can develop within a few hours.
Elderly patients are most likely to suffer from pressure sores. Also highly susceptible are bedridden patients whose skin may be sensitive because of nervous or circulatory conditions and those for whom paralysis makes change of position impossible. Included in this group are patients with stroke, cancer, AIDS, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease or quadriplegia.
Among the products that may be ordered for the patient are:
- an alternating pressure pad with pump
- dry pressure mattress
- air pressure mattress
- gel pressure mattress
Bath and shower benches provide comfort and make bathing easier.
A tub transfer chair is used to transfer a client from a wheelchair to a tub. A portion of the bench, which has a back and four adjustable legs, is outside of the tub and the other portion is set inside.
An elevated toilet seat is a safety item that sits on the rim of a toilet, making it easier for users, such as seniors, to get on and off the toilet.
Clients living with diabetes have a convenient, safe way of receiving their diabetic testing equipment and supplies. We are here for you, we also provide ongoing training and support with your equipment and supplies when you need it.
