Week 4 Assignment – Specialty Gases

36347The administration of specialty gases requires the respiratory therapist to be knowledgeable in the behavior of these gases and how their behavior can be affected. This knowledge allows respiratory therapists to manipulate these gases to optimize clinical benefits and measured outcomes to best meet the patients’ needs. Respiratory therapists must also be knowledgeable in the equipment required to administer these gases. Please respond to the scenarios below and be sure to explain your work and reasoning.
How is the content of a cylinder of N2O (nitrous oxide) measured?
A patient comes into the emergency department with obvious signs of upper airway obstruction. The physician agrees to deliver an 80/20 helium-oxygen mixture. The flowmeter reads 16 l/m. What is the true flow being delivered?
You are giving 70/30 Heliox to a patient with severe asthma. The oxygen flow meter is reading 8 l/m – what is the true flow of Heliox being delivered to the patient?
A patient has a respiratory rate of 15 and an average tidal volume of 400 ml. What is the patient’s approximate inspiratory demand?
A patient is receiving Heliox therapy (70/30) for an acute asthma episode – the flowmeter reads 8 l/m, what is the true flow going to the patient?
A physician writes an order for a 80/20 Heliox blend to be delivered to a patient at 10 l/m. What setting would you use for the oxygen flowmeter used to administer the gas?
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