ch 37 storage and delivery of medical gases

resp care 1

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egan workbook q &a

Most medical grade carbon dioxide is used for what purpose?

Diagnostic purposes in the lab

What is heliox...What is it used for?

Heliox is a mix of helium and oxygen. It is used to treat severe large airway obstruction (ex.status asmaticus)

What do the symbols * and + stand for when stamped on a cylinder?

* is DOT approval for 10 year testing and + is that the cylinder may be filled to 10% above the service pressure

What is the best way to determine the actual oxygen concentration in a cylinder?

Oxygen concentration should be confirmed by analysis

What cylinder color is for oxygen?

green

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What cylinder color is for heliox?

brown

What cylinder color is for carbon dioxide?

gray

What cylinder color is for nitrous oxide?

blue

What cylinder color is for nitrogen?

black

What cylinder color is for air?

yellow

What is the normal working pressur for a hospital oxygen piping system?

50 psi

What is the chief advantage of the bourdon type flowmeter?

It is gravity independent

What happens to the float in a compensated thorpe tube when you connect it to a 50 psi gas source?

if the valve is closed the float will jump then return to zero as the flow tube is pressurized