By Lisa Feierstein, RN
The AAA Auto Club Group says that 2.2 million people will be traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend this year. Why not take a moment in the midst of your holiday preparations to read these helpful travel tips. Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drowsy Traveling With Your CPAP Drive alert so you arrive [...]
Posted in CPAP, News, Sleep Apnea, Travel | Tagged cpap, drowsy driving, OSA, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorders, thanksgiving, travel, traveling with your CPAP |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
As long as you sleep, you will need to wear your PAP device. With a 20% weight loss your treatment pressures may need to be altered and a new sleep study is recommended. Sleep apnea is a sleep breathing disorder which is treated through effective, consistent management. You’ll even need to wear your device [...]
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea, Travel | Tagged cpap, diabetes, drowsy driving, high blood pressure, OSA, sleep, sleep apnea, snoring, travel, weight loss |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
If you’re vacationing across multiple time zones, jet lag knows how to put a damper on your sleep and your energy levels. Jet lag occurs when your body is trying to adjust to the new circadian rhythms of a new time zone. With jet lag, you feel sleepy at midday or you can’t fall asleep [...]
Posted in Sleep Tips, Travel | Tagged how to avoid jet lag, jet lag, sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep tips, travel |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Do I have to wear it every night? I hear this question almost every day and YES, I say you do need to wear your PAP device whenever you sleep, which also includes when you travel.
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea, Travel | Tagged cpap, drowsy driving, heart disease, high blood pressure, OSA, sleep, sleep apnea, stroke, travel |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
Anytime you travel it is important to use your device. If you do not use it, you will return to your previous level of snoring, sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness. You should have the following info when you travel: • PAP device’s treatment pressure • Mask type and size • Health insurance information • [...]
Posted in CPAP, Sleep Apnea, Travel | Tagged camping with CPAP, cpap, CPAP travel tips, OSA, sleep, sleep apnea, snoring, travel |
By Lisa Feierstein, RN
We’ve all heard about the bed bug problem and how it has shut down retail stores, vacated apartments and hotels and threatened schools, dorms, homes and movie theaters. These bugs and the bites they leave behind were a huge problem prior to 1950, but then insecticides eradicated them. We now have insecticides that are safer [...]
Posted in CPAP, News, Travel | Tagged bed bugs, cleaning, cpap, filters, travel, ultrafine filters |
