{"id":23064,"date":"2024-07-11T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:34:45","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-power-outages-if-your-health-depends-on-home-medical-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23064","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare for power outages if your health depends on home medical devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Ginny Graves for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny McClelland\u2019s 13-year-old son, James, was born with a rare genetic condition that makes him unable to breathe when he\u2019s asleep. To stay alive, he relies on a ventilator with an attached humidifier, which makes the air less painful to breathe, a pulse oximeter to track his oxygen saturation and a suction machine to remove secretions that collect in his airway. Every device requires electricity.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/07\/11\/nx-s1-5035514\/power-outage-safety-medical-devices-equipment\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2024\/07\/11\/nx-s1-5035514\/power-outage-safety-medical-devices-equipment\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notice:\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ginny Graves for NPR) Jenny McClelland\u2019s 13-year-old son, James, was born with a rare genetic condition that makes him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1414,1415],"class_list":["post-23064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology","tag-home-medical-devices","tag-power-outages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23065,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23064\/revisions\/23065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}