Eeeeeek! I am on CPAP as well; power failures are
VERY
disconcerting. I run mine on a small UPS now. I strongly recommend it.
In the event of a power failure, the beeping of the UPS will likely
wake you up, but without that oh-so-wonderful suffocating feeling.
I've certainly written letters in my day job capacity for patients with CPAP
and oxygen concentrators to give them priority in an outage, also. Depending
on your state regulations the power company will honour these from a
physician or other qualified medical professional.
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