A good tip, When you travel by plane, never, never, never check your CPAP wiith your luggage. Slways have it as a carry on. Checked luggage does get lost. What could be worse than being away from home and no CPAP?
I always carry an extension cord for hotels (not knowing where their plug-ins are around the bed)... same for visiting with friends, but the hard thing is setting up ahead of time for hotels to leave you a bottle of distilled water in your room if your flying in and getting to the hotel late. No time to shop for such, and they won't let you take it on the plane.
Permalink Reply by 99 on September 14, 2010 at 9:28am
Traveling with a ResMed Device
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ResMed has provided the following letter for use when traveling with your CPAP by air. It identifies ResMed CPAPs as FDA cleared medical devices and provides a contact number for TSA or any other agency to verify the statement.
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RE: Traveling with a ResMed device
To whom it may concern,
With regard to the patient in possession of this letter and the accompanying ResMed medical device, please read the following:
The ResMed CPAP is a medical device cleared for sale by the Food and Drug Administration, a branch of the United States government, for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) such as sleep apnea, and has been prescribed for use on or by the order of a physician.
ResMed medical devices include the following products:
AutoSet family ResLink S9 Series
ApneaLink ResTraxx Sullivan V family
H4i S6 Series VPAP Adapt SV
H5i S7 Series VPAP II family
HumidAire family S8 Series VPAP III family
ResControl (I and II) S8 Series II VPAP Tx
S9 Series
If you have any questions regarding this device, please contact ResMed Customer Service in the United States at (800) 424-0737.
Our European offices, located in France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, can be contacted through: