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Fountain Circle Medical Suppliers are affiliated with the Clinical Neurophysiology Society of South Africa (CNSSA)
- FCMS is driven by a passion to help change people’s lives. To us this is not just helping them achieve new levels of personal healthcare, it’s about helping them realize that they can have an amazing lifestyle. That tired is not normal and every day does not need to be a challenge, but rather, it could be an adventure.
- The journey from getting the CPAP or oxygen device is not just the purchase of a device from Fountain Circle Medical Suppliers, this is the beginning of the road between us and the patient. We try and form long-lasting relationships with all our patients. Something that the industry tends to miss is the fact that no patient’s sleep disorder is the same, however much alike it may seem.
- Here at Fountain Circle Medical, we understand this and are aware and very sensitive of the individual needs of every patient and understand that there is no such thing as a “one size fits all” solution for CPAP patients.
- As patient compliance is a major concern for us, we like to walk a road with our patients to maximize the patient’s benefit of CPAP use and to iron out any kinks in the road to successful treatment.
- With hands on expertise in CPAP, Bi-Level and Servo Ventilation as well as in the fitment of masks and supply accessories, we will be able to accommodate all your CPAP requirements.
Tell us about the company history
Fountain Circle Medical Suppliers started phisically helping patients in the sleep labs and hospitals, it started with hands on care with paiteints struggling their whole life to get a proper night’s sleep. We realized after the tests were done most patients did not have a clue on how treatment works and what they should and shouldn’t do. So, we decided to help. Something that started with such a basic need to help increased in size when we started to help more and more patients who were diagnosed with sleep apnea. Since those early years our expertise has expanded and our field has grown to encompass other conditions but in our heart we remain, and always will remain, there for the people, to help them get their life back.
- It was established in 2009
- We can claim from any medical aid.
What is sleep apnoea?
Sleep apnoea (also spelled apnea) is a condition that belongs to a family of sleep disorders called sleep disordered breathing. Sleep apnoea can further be subdivided into Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Central Sleep Apnoea,Mixed Sleep Apnoea and Complex Sleep Apnoea. Apnea is defined as a period in which a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea is caused by an obstruction in the airway.
During this period there is a dramatic decrease of oxygen levels in the blood. This causes the body to secrete adrenalin which temporarily raises the heart rate and blood pressure to compensate for the low oxygen levels. This is a rescue reflex but unfortunately leads to fragmented sleep architecture which results in a lack of deep sleep.