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| Name 4 regulatory agencies of medical gases. |
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| FDA, OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Admin.), DOT, HHS |
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| Name 4 recommending agencies of medical gases. |
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| Compressed Gas Assoc (CGA), US Pharmacopeia (USP), Nat'l Fire Protect. Assoc. (NFPA, ISO, ANSI, ASME |
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| Type of medical gas in ? canister that is prepared syn. from N & O |
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| air (via liquefaction), yellow |
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| Used to treat hypoxemia and produced thru fractional distillation of liquid air- gas and color of cylinder |
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| standard calibration gas for blood gas analyzers, certain transcutaneous monitors and capnographs and cylinder color |
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| binds easily to hemoglobin, cylinder color |
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| Can be prepared from natural gas, purity must be 95%, cylinder color |
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| given to patients with severe airway obstruction – it decreases work of breathing by ↓ turbulent airflow, cylinder color |
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| sed for tx of persistent pulminary hypertension in newborns, adult respiratory distress, color of cylinder |
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| Nitric Oxide, teal & black |
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| Used in surgical procedures, cylinder color |
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| CNS depressant/ antiseptic |
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| nitrous oxide, light blue |
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| Used in pulminary function testing to measure residual volume and diffusing capacity, cylinder color |
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| What is hydrostatic testing? |
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| measures a cylinders expansion char. when filled to a pressure of 5/3 its working pressure. |
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| How often must 3AA and 3A cylinders be hydrostatically reexamined? |
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| How often must a 3AL cylinder be hystatically tested? |
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| Smail cylinder sizes designations and used for transportation, emergency situations, anesthetics |
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| E cylinders hold ____ L of gas |
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| H cylinders of O2 hold ___ L of gas |
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| What type of valves can withstand high pressure (more than 1500 psi) |
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| direct- acting valve(cylinder valve) |
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| preferable when pressures are low or when leaks cannot be allowed such as with flammable anesthetics. |
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| diaphragm valves (cylinder valve) |
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| usually found in large cylinders- thin metal disk ruptures/ buckles when pressure is exceeded |
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| frangible disk/ rupture disk |
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| valve that reseals after releasing from excessive pressure |
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| spring loaded disk (usually found on larger cylinders) |
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| the conversion factor for E cylinders |
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| conversion factor for G cylinder |
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| conversion factor for H or K cylinders |
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| A type of pressure relief device that melts when the temperature rises is a |
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| The safety indexing system used with small cylinders is |
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| Pin Index Safety System (PISS) |
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| A ___ disk is a thin metal disk that ruptures when pressure is high |
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| safety indexing system used with large cylinders |
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| American Standard Index System (ASSS) |
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| powerful primary vasodilator used to treat PPHN |
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| The threaded safety system that is used at station outlets (w/ pressures less than 200 psi) is |
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| What happens to the concentration of O2 exiting a concentrator when the flow is increased? |
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| The higher the flow, the lower the concentration so in this case the flow is increased so the concentration is lower. |
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| Lines carrying compressed gas vertically thru a building are |
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| risers (Horizontal- branches) |
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| usually found in large cylinders reseals after release excessive pressure |
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| 1 L of liquid O2= ____ L of gaseous O2 |
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| calculate duration of LOX supply |
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gas remaining x conversion / flow or
PSIG x CF (.28, 2.41, 3.14)L/ flow |
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| Name 2 safety systems used at station outlets |
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| Diameter Index Safety System; Quick Connect/ disconnect or Keyed adaptors |
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| Spdium- Aluminum pellets remove N from atmospheric air to separate it from O2 using |
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| molecular sieve O2 concentrator |
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| purpose of cylinder safety systems |
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| prevent inadvertent connections |
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| agency identifying purity requirements for medical use compressed gases |
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| ___ are turned off during an emergency to stop the flow of gas to various sections or rooms of a hospital |
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| A ____ converts liquid O2 to gaseous O2 by increaseing the temperature. |
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| What safety system prevents an O2 regulator from being placed on a large NO cylinder? |
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