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MOuth blocked + hose detached - Chalkie - 12-05-2021
A few nights ago I had a pretty scary experience.
I woke with my chin strap blocking my mouth and the hose detached from my mask. I had slight chest pain on waking - which I think triggered me awake - and was very breathless.
It has left me scared to use a chin strap again.
Any suggestions or trying to prevent the hose from coming away from the mask? I thnk it happened when I turned over in my sleep. I am not sure how I can stop the chin strap from slipping tbh.
RE: MOuth blocked + hose detached - LindanHotAir - 12-05-2021
Check your machine settings. You may want to enable the disconnect alarm.
RE: MOuth blocked + hose detached - Chalkie - 12-06-2021
Useful to know, thanks.
RE: MOuth blocked + hose detached - DaveL - 12-07-2021
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