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Safety is absolutely paramount in the medical industry, with lives literally at stake if something were to go wrong. Regrettably, this was more than reinforced recently following the tragic news of a death of a newborn at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, after it was mistakenly administered nitrous oxide (N2O) instead of oxygen (O2) in July this year. A tragic occurrence of similar ...
Safety is absolutely paramount in the medical industry, with lives literally at stake if something were o go wrong. Regrettably, this was more than reinforced recently following the tragic news of a death of a newborn at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, after it was mistakenly administered nitrous oxide (N2O) instead of oxygen (O2) in July this year. A tragic occurrence of similar circumstance ...
A few years ago, the “Berliner Charité” medical school discovered that in addition to its application as an anaesthetic, the inert gas Xenon can also be used to stop the degeneration of brain cells following a stroke. As are the other inert gases (Helium, Neon, Argon and Krypton), Xenon is found in and makes up part of the air. Krypton and Xenon, however, are found in ...