Bilevel Positive Air Pressure Therapy (BiPAP)
This page provides you with some supporting information to assist you with your BiPAP therapy. BiPAP therapy is provided to help with sleep-disordered breathing. This can happen due to many reasons including respiratory and neurological conditions.
On this page
BiPAP therapy agreement
As part of the treatment for your sleep-disordered breathing you have been loaned a BiPAP device along with instructions on how to care for it.
This equipment remains the property of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHST). If for any reason you no longer need to use this therapy device, you move out of the area or simply wish to return it, we would ask that you contact one of our departments by telephone to arrange this. The contact numbers are at the end of this page.
A BiPAP device is very expensive, so please take good care of it and maintain it as instructed on this page.
Please make sure that we have your up to date address and telephone number.
How the lungs work
The main function of the lungs is to get oxygen into the body and remove carbon dioxide. When the lungs start to fail, oxygen levels drop and carbon dioxide levels can rise – this is often called respiratory failure.