Types of Gases Used in Medical Gas Systems in Hospitals

Hospitals use numerous gases for application to treat all types of health disorders. There are medical gas systems that assemblies supply piped oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and medical oxygen can to hospital areas such as patient rooms, recovery areas, operating rooms, and more. Each one of the medical gases is needed for specific health disorder. Piped medical systems are elaborately fitted so that every bed in the hospital can easily get to breathe oxygen, nitrogen and other gases. They are generated either onsite or got through cylinders. Oxygen is one of the largest gases to be used in the industry.  

Firstly, let’s take up the example of oxygen which patients are administered due to hypoxemia and hypoxia (insufficient oxygen in the blood). It provides supplemental oxygen which is supplied piped systems. Then, nitrous oxide is another important gas which is used as an analgesic, and as an anesthetic for pre-operative procedures. It is supplied to the hospitals in standard tanks and is supplied through the medical piping system at around 345 kPa, or 50 psi. Then, there is nitrogen which is used preparing surgical equipment during various procedures and also checking a person’s response to a simulated aircraft cabin environment in pre-flight lung testing. It is also used as cryogenic to freeze and preserve blood, tissue, and other biological specimens, and to freeze and destroy diseased tissue in dermatology and cryosurgery.

Moreover, hospitals also use carbon dioxide, medical air, helium, carbon monoxide, etc. It is used for suspension or inflation of various tissues and laser surgery. CO2 can also be used with oxygen or air for respiratory and treatment of various respiratory disorders. The pressures are maintained at around 345 kPa, or 50 psi. Clean medical air is pressurized to around 380 kPa, or 55 psi and brought to every room in the hospital.