New and Used Nebulisers

Kate names her nebulisers and why not? Sometimes it can feel like you spend more time with them than with your family, and if people can name cars and other inanimate objects than why not nebulisers? With a little care and affection they can certainly help you out in a crisis. 

But what happens to your nebuliser when it’s no longer needed?

Perhaps you have decided its time to upgrade as you have come to rely on it a little more. Maybe your health professional has prescribed a new medication regime and you need a more powerful unit or a closed system?

Perhaps, sadly it wasn’t your nebuliser but belonged to a family member who has passed away. Or finally, you are feeling much more confident and need a nebuliser that will take you out and about?

It’s a question we get many calls about. But before you pop it in the bin or for sale on a famous online auction/shopping website, have you ever considered donating it?

With budget cuts in the NHS, loan machines are becoming scarce and your Asthma or Practice Nurse may know of individuals less fortunate who may not be able to afford to buy a new nebuliser.Customers tell us that local hospices, hospitals or clinics are often grateful for donated nebulisers, especially if its in good condition and well cared for.

And then there are other charitable organisations such as:

Karmic Angels who are hoping to send good condition second hand units abroad to countries where nebulisers are desperately needed. http://www.karmicangels.org.uk/

Or animal rescue centres such as Abijoes http://www.abijoes.co.uk/ who do wonderful work rescuing birds. 

So stop for a minute, give it a little thought and make a few calls. A good mains only machine may improve someones quality of life by providing a better therapy or a second unit to spare them lugging theirs up and down stairs at bedtime. And a portable travel nebuliser could mean a whole new lease of life to someone who is too anxious to step outside without one, or allow a charitable organisation to treat several people to days out.

Spares and accessories shouldn’t be passed on, filters will need changing but your old unit  may yet earn a little affection in someone else’s life.