156 Quotes About Oxygen

"Inhalation of solvents in a 40% oxygen deficient atmosphere at very high altitudes is probably not a good idea."

"10,000 Feet: Many people will be showing signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Sea level adapted humans will be in oxygen starvation, also known as Asphyxia."

"Very high altitude workers were using medical oxygen to treat numerous health conditions that included fatigue, confusion, headaches, feeling faint and digestive issues."

"In 2001 workers were using intermittent oxygen numerous times daily on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. By the time I left in 2006 some workers were using portable oxygen units and nasal cannula's for continuous medical oxygen administration for the treatment of altitude sickness."

"My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid nitrogen was in use inside of the high altitude astronomical facilities where I had worked."

"Workers on the 13,796' oxygen deficient summit of Mauna Kea did not use medical oxygen when driving cars to treat the potentially dangerous adverse mental effects of Cerebral Hypoxia."

"The most unhygienic thing that I observed during my time in very high altitude astronomy was dozens of workers all sharing the same oxygen administration mask for treating their daily oxygen starvation sicknesses."

"The senior managers would advise their staff to take a break and breath oxygen when they started to exhibit ‘Summit Brain’."

"During death I have every expectation that I will be accompanied by spirits, as that is what happened when my brain was in oxygen starvation at very high altitudes."