OXYMATIC OXYGEN CONSERVING DEVICE

Description of Event or Problem

HOME CARE PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN ON OXYGEN FOR 5 YEARS. VERY COMPLIANT. OXYGEN SUPPLIED BY CONTRACTED SERVICES. PATIENT WAS SWITCHING OXYGEN CONSERVER FROM E TANK TO B TANK. SAW FLAME, HEARD LOUD NOISE. BLACKENED SOOT AREA TO RIGHT FOREHEAD AND LEFT PALM. NO BURNS. PATIENT AND WIFE VERY UPSET. PATIENT COMPLAINED TENDERNESS TO SAME TWO AREAS NOTED ABOVE.