Electric Fry Pan

[jennyjoan]

My friend who is on oxygen 24 hours a day and just lives off the microwave food - stated she is dying for a fry up so I suggested I would make her one next time I was down - then she informs she has no cooker, no rings and no oven and because of the oxygen she will never get one either.

Would it be dangerous for me to bring my electric fry pan (which I have never used) and cook a fry for her.

[Buenchico]

There should be no problem if, say, you cook her a meal in her kitchen while she's in her living room and then take the food through to her. (To be honest, I doubt that there would be any risk if you prepared the meal right next to her anyway but cooking it in a different room might make her feel less anxious).

[alavahalf]

Rolling a sausage, split a tomato, chuck in a slice of bread and frying an egg... It doesn't sound dangerous to me .. of course you can do it !

[anneasquith]

What a lovely idea jj.

[Canary42]

I wouldn't have thought an electric frying pan was any more prone to sparking than a microwave oven. As Chris says, keep her out of the kitchen while using the appliance.

[jennyjoan]

ta ta all, what I may do is try the bloody thing in my house ie have some sausages and bacon half cooked and finish off with the eggs and tatie bread in her house, she doesn't like beans or mushrooms, oh I'm just remembering - likes fried tommytoes. LOL.

NOW - the big question - will I be allowed in her house, bless her - a horrific life, strapped to this big oxygen tank 24 hours a day - so lonely for her. Sorry I'm rambling on here a bit.

[jennyjoan]

yes Canary but when I sorta mentioned me finishing off the fry in her house she got extremely upset re the cooker business - hence my asking the question.

[bhg481]

I guess there's a thermostat in it which just might spark as it switches; I think using it in a different room would be wise, just in case.

[jennyjoan]

oh yes I will definitely be using it in her kitchen whilst she is in the living room.

[alavahalf]

Aa few years ago I changed some taps for a chap who was on oxygen 24/7.
He had a bottle of oxygen in the lounge, the kitchen, the bathroom the bedroom and even had one strapped to his stairlift !

Tucked in the handle of every bottle of oxygen was a packet of fags and a lighter !

[jennyjoan]

well friend has a very long long tube coming from the oxygen tank to enable her to go into kitchen and living room, then I believe she straps like a back pack of oxygen for going upstairs. yes she really shouldn't be going upstairs but,

[Dagman]

From the net...
Oxygen does not burn. It is not flammable, but it is an oxidizer. Oxygen feeds fire, so it's dangerous to use around something that is burning because it will help the fire burn much more quickly. Patients on oxygen therapy who are smokers are not going to burst into flame or explode if they smoke.14 Nov 2019

[barry1010]

Also from the net: Smoking around oxygen is extremely dangerous and may cause clothing and hair to catch fire and burn much more vigorously than in air.
Never smoke or allow someone else to smoke nearby whilst using your oxygen equipment

http://www.bochomeoxygen.co.uk/en/images/504335-Healthcare%20Dangers%20of%20Smoking%20With%20Oxygen%20leaflet%20Rev2_04_tcm1109-254550.pdf

Man died https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/police-man-smoking-in-wheelchair-with-oxygen-tank-dies-after-catching-fire

[barry1010]

Jenny, there are quite a few places in my area that deliver cooked breakfasts. If that is available in your area it could be the answer :)

[woofgang]

I used to deal regularly with people who were on home oxygen and I can't remember anyone who didn't have a cooker in the house that was used regularly but not by them as the effort would have been too much. I (and the rest of my team) drew the line at smokers though and used to request that for safety, no one in the house smoked while they were there.

[pixie374]

I was going to suggest that too, Barry. She may be able to get it delivered at times, if she likes.
Personally, I would just make sure she and her tank were in a different room, however we also have people who smoke while on oxygen, and have done for many years. But, better to be cautious.

[jennyjoan]

She did say one of the carers brought her one in from a "shop" but it was cold, I think it would be hard to keep warm.

Pixie - she has told me she would love a cigarette

[pixie374]

A vape might be safer?

[woofgang]

if she has the right kind of microwave, she can get a crisper pan for it. Put the delivered fry in the pan and re heat and crisp it? She might even like to mave a microwave that is also an oven?

[barry1010]

It will be no risk to her if you use an electric frying pan or even a portable induction hob (I have a couple of those and they are fantastic). If the weather's okay you could even cook it in the garden :)

[Barsel]

JJ if you have never used it before, there may be some smoke that will come off it which isn't very nice, but it's just the newness burning off.