Class 15
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Law of Partial pressures
Nitrogen
Fick’s Law of Diffusion (D a D P CSA/ L )
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
Pulmonary edema
pO2, pCO2
Emphysema
Hypoxia (hypoxic, circulatory, anemic, histologic)
Cabin pressure
Altitude
Chemoreceptors
Carotid bodies
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation