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ACT System vs. Oxygen Therapy

We’ve all heard about physical therapy, but have you heard of oxygen therapy? Many have confused the term oxygen therapy with the effects of an ACT system. What are the differences between what the ACT system does and oxygen therapy? Let us explain. Oxygen therapy is a method for treating ...

Preventing Altitude Sickness: One Homeowner’s Story of a Second Home in Vail

The dream has always been owning a second home in Vail, CO (altitude of 8,120 to 11,570 feet above sea level). The ability to host our out of town visitors was something we had looked forward to for years. Once we were finally able to make our dream of owning ...

Trouble Sleeping at Altitude? A New Solution

If you love the mountains but visiting or living at altitude makes you toss and turn in bed, you’re not alone. IF YOU LOVE THE MOUNTAINS but visiting or living at altitude makes you toss and turn in bed, you’re not alone. Oxygen levels in most Colorado ski areas are about ...

COVID-19 Lung Injury is Not High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

As medical providers around the world struggle to care for patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), extensive efforts have been made to compare this entity to other forms of acute respiratory failure observed prior to the current pandemic. Among the variety of theories put forth, one argument that has been ...

A Powder-Hound’s Guide to Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains

I remember my first visit to the white room. It was the winter of 2010–11, when Vail racked up 459 inches (38 feet!) of snow. Nearly every morning, I’d jump out of bed and stuff my feet into my sometimes still-damp boots and shuffle down to the bus stop at ...

How Does Oxygen Prevent Mountain Sickness?

If you experience dizziness, nausea, headaches, or shortness of breath during traveling to high altitudes, acute mountain sickness might be the reason behind it. Acute mountain sickness – also known as altitude sickness or high altitude pulmonary edema – occurs at high elevation (roughly 8,000 feet or 2,400 meters above ...

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Why Choose ACT

There’s a reason that ACT is the world leader in oxygen control systems. Sleeping as well in the mountains as you do at sea level requires more than just putting oxygen in a room. It requires technology and experience. When investing in an oxygenation system for your mountain home you must consider these three things as top priority.

ACT has the largest residential installed base in the industry and has been around for over 29 years. This is a complex business and we have more experience and success stories than anyone. ACT engineers developed the first normobaric (normal pressure) altitude simulation system in the mid 1990s. Since then ACT has advanced the technology in every year.

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