oxygen

[rocket]

I think you can get 100% with a BVM reservoir @ 15LPM with a good seal.

That's what the Brady book says. Actually it's "Approaching" 100%...

...but I think I'd pass on being bagged just for that "buzz"

-Trevor

[Medic117]

Brady's 2005 Paramedic Drug Guide has a "card" in it. You can get all the information, including mechanism of Action, Contraindications, Indications, Pre-Hospital Uses, Adverse affects, Cautions, etc. Great book, and pocket sized.

[Juice]

Just a little more info. In the workplace, if you are placed on oxygen by medical resonders for any reason, it becomes an OSHA recordable injury.

another oddity: If you get stung by a bee at work, it also becomes an OSHA recordable injury even if you don't need treatment. Most people don't turn it in to management, but it is true.

[Ridryder 911]

WOW !.. We are really digging up old threads... please, when answering a post, you might to look at the date.. almost a year ago ...

Be safe,

R/R 911

[Ace844]

For more info on O2 and respiratory phy please read the "teaching point's," thread on resp phys.

Hope this helps,

ACE844

[Nate]

WOW !.. We are really digging up old threads... please, when answering a post, you might to look at the date.. almost a year ago ...

Be safe,

R/R 911

The correct phrase would be: "Holy old thread Batman!"

[toledomedic81]

We actualy just covered O2 in school...here is what i was given..

Class: Gas

Trade Name: oxygen

Indications: Hypoxia, difficulty breathing

Action: Onset is immediate and the peak effect is one minute; Transported to the cells via hemoglobin and is required for the breakdown of glucose into a useable form of energy

Precautions: Use with caution with patients with COPD, it MAY suppress the hpoxic drive ; Prolonged exposure to the eyes of a neonate may cause damage ( retrolental fibroplasia).

Contraindications: None

Dosage:

Nasal Canula 1-6 L/min 24-44%

Simple Face Mask 8-10 L/min 40-60%

Venturi Mask 4-12 L/min 24-50%

Partial Rebreather 6-10 L/min 35-60%

Nonrebreather 8-12 L/min 60-90%

BVM w/ resevoir 10-15 L/min 40-90%

Pocket Mask w/ sup. 10-15 L/min 100%

Demand Valve 10-15 L/min 100%

Pediatric Dosage: same as adult

Route: orally

Side Effects: Possible dried mucous membrane ; possible irritation of the upper respiratory tract

[Ridryder 911]

Route: orally

So do you have them take water with this as they swallow ?... I believe the right route would be inhalation.

Be safe,

R/R 911

[PRPGfirerescuetech]

So do you have them take water with this as they swallow ?... I believe the right route would be inhalation.

Be safe,

R/R 911

orally? swallow?

...nope...too easy.....

[als_medic_uk]

First of all oxygen is a diatomic molecule, that has many uses, oxygen therapy as know in the medical field, is the use of oxygen as a drug, for acute and chronic medical purposes, oxygen can be beneficial to a patient when administered as a drug. Although that there could be a case to argue that Oxygen is not a drug, due to the fact that it isn't a chemical compound, it is an element [that exists as a diatomic molecule - due to electron cloud stability], however, it is used as a substance in a medial component, so it can be validly classed as a drug. Oxygen therapy can have a negative impact on a patients condition, although it is not normally withheld.

Regards