If you're breathing 100% nitrous oxide, how do you get more oxygen? The Minimal alveolar concentration for nitrous oxide to put one into a state of general anesthesia is 105%, which means it is not used as a general anesthetic as you would kill your patient for lack of oxygen, although it is often used in conjunction with other anesthetic gases for reasons I won't get into here. In addition after breathing nitrous oxide there is the process of elimination of which can cause diffusion hypoxia. That is why dentists will have you breath straight oxygen for a few minutes after receiving nitrous oxide. Your comment shows you likely have read or heard something that is simply not true. In addition it is N20, not NO2.
I am basing it on the fact that nitrous oxide is partly oxygen, you are telling me that is not bio-available, fair enough. My model of understanding is from the fact that it is used in motor racing to get more oxygen into the cylinder because it contains more oxygen than free air does. I understand now better having looked, thanks.
Water is partly oxygen also. I did find this in regards to racing - "When you heat nitrous oxide to around 570 degrees, it splits into separate molecules of oxygen and nitrogen."
If you're breathing 100% nitrous oxide, how do you get more oxygen? The Minimal alveolar concentration for nitrous oxide to put one into a state of general anesthesia is 105%, which means it is not used as a general anesthetic as you would kill your patient for lack of oxygen, although it is often used in conjunction with other anesthetic gases for reasons I won't get into here. In addition after breathing nitrous oxide there is the process of elimination of which can cause diffusion hypoxia. That is why dentists will have you breath straight oxygen for a few minutes after receiving nitrous oxide. Your comment shows you likely have read or heard something that is simply not true. In addition it is N20, not NO2.
I am basing it on the fact that nitrous oxide is partly oxygen, you are telling me that is not bio-available, fair enough. My model of understanding is from the fact that it is used in motor racing to get more oxygen into the cylinder because it contains more oxygen than free air does. I understand now better having looked, thanks.
Water is partly oxygen also. I did find this in regards to racing - "When you heat nitrous oxide to around 570 degrees, it splits into separate molecules of oxygen and nitrogen."