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anshika

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Primary safety concerns in the application of hyperbaric oxygenation include which of the fol-lowing? 1. Sudden decompression 2. Electrical fires 3. CO2 accumulation
 
  a. 1 and 2 only
  b. 2 and 3 only
  c. 1 and 3 only
  d. 1, 2, and 3

Question 2

At an FiO2 of 1, what is the approximate half-life of blood carboxyhemoglobin?
 
  a. 20 min
  b. 80 min
  c. 3 hr
  d. 5 hr



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The common complications of hyperbaric oxygenation are listed in Box 41-8.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Breathing 100 O2 reduces this half-life to 80 min.



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