Nature of Illness



Template Letters | Permission to Fly with Oxygen

This letter is intended to allow patients to fly with oxygen. It is intended to be sent by a medical professional on behalf of the patient. The patient should keep an original signed copy for their records. Please replace all [bolded] words with the appropriate language.

[PRINT ON MEDICAL CENTER OR INSTITUTION LETTERHEAD]

Nature of Illness: __________________________________________________

Liters per minute required assuming a cabin altitude of 8,000 ft: ____

Continuous or Pulse dose: ______________

Make and model of Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC): [CHECK ONE]

( Inogen One

( SeQual Eclipse

( Respironics EverGo

( Delphi RS-00400 (EVO Central Air)

( Invacare XPO2

( AirSep Lifestyle

( AirSep Freestyle

I, [NAME], (MD, DO) licensed to practice medicine in the state of [STATE], certify that [PATIENT’S NAME] is a patient under my care. It is my professional judgment that he/she is physically able to complete an airline flight safely without requiring extraordinary medical assistance, even if the flight is of greater length than scheduled, terminates at a point other than the expected destination, or involves other irregular operations.

I further certify that the above-mentioned patient does not have a disease or infection that can be transmissible to other persons during the normal course of the flight.

[YOUR NAME], [DATE]

[SIGNATURE]

[Print Name]

[Address]

[Phone NUMBER] [Fax NUMBER]

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