C-PAP Machine / Travel?

[Losing 2 0]

Hello,

those who have traveled with your C-Pap; Have you needed a doctor's statement to get through security to take on the plane?

Thanks for your answers.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I found this info on the TSA (Transportation Safety Admin) website.....should tell you what you need to do:

TSA: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Machine

[Losing 2 0]

Thank you so much for this link!!

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Sure! Glad I could help! :thumbup:

[lapfish 0]

Hi there--Hubby works for TSA. Just need to make sure that you open up the bag that the CPAP comes in and lay it out flat or open it up so it can be seen. It will have to go through XRay and sometimes be visually inspected or swabbed. I'd put it in a bin if it will fit; that way it won't jiggle around on the belt. I travel with my 9 year old and she and I both have CPAP!! We are pros at it!! Hope that Helps!

Lapfish

Oklahoma

sleep Study 9/2008

Cardiac appt. 9/2008 (3 separate appts.)

Pulmonology appt. 10/1/2008

Psychiatric eval 10/7/2008

THEN I'm DONE and on to the Bariatric surgeon for my date!

[wrestlingmom 0]

I found that traveling with my CPAP machine was a lot of extra trouble. I flew on Southwest and both directions, they made me take the machine out of the bag, and then they took the machine and X-rayed it somewhere else. Afterward they brought it back and I had to put it all back together. Just make sure you have a little extra time. They were very nice about it, and it seemed it was a pretty common occurence.

[MissMaryAnn 0]

I just flew Delta cross-country last week, and the procedure for taking a CPAP in a carryon is the same as for a laptop computer-- you need to take it out of its bag and send it through separately, and it will likely be looked over/swabbed by a TSA agent. They didn't seem fazed by it, and while it didn't take very long, since I also had a laptop it was quite a bit of wrangling to get all my things back in place afterwards. :thumbdown:

In the future I'm just going to out it in my checked baggage, well padded by clothing, to save time. However, it's in no way a big deal, I just am lazy. :cursing:

[Losing 2 0]

Thank you everyone for this great info!!

[SpecialK 22]

I flew with my CPAP machine and had no problem at all as long as I set it out so they could do the little residue check on it like they sometimes do on a laptop. They just need to see what the machinery is. No biggie!

[downsdc 0]

I have flown alot with my C-PAP and it has never been any trouble. I put it in a carry-on so it is easy to open up if they want to swab it - but usually they don't. Sometimes they ask what it is and I tell them it is a C-PAP. Shouldn't be a problem at all. I don't take it out like a laptop and they have never asked me to remove it from the bag.