medical gas cylinders Exam
Questions with Solutions
the purpose of cylinders - -Cylinders are used to safely store and ship
compressed or liquid medical gases
- composition of cylinders - -seamless steel
- 2 types of composition - -Carbon steel (DOT type 3A)
Steel alloy (DOT type 3AA)
both are tempered to produce higher strength method of heat treating
- gas cylinders are ___ to aide in identification - -colored
- oxygen gas is - -green in US and white in canada
- carbon dioxide is - -Gray in the US and canada
- nitrous oxide is - -blue in US and Canada
- cyclopropane - -orange
- helium - -brown
- ethylene - -red
- carbiondioxide-oxygen - -gray/green
- helium oxygen - -brown/green
- nitrogen - -black
- air - -yellow
- nitrogen oxygen - -black/green
- letters are used to distinguish - -cylinder sizes
- AA-E are - -small cylinders most often used for anesthetic gases and
portable oxygen
- what connecter is used for small cylinders? - -a yoke connecter
- F-H & K are - -large cylinders
Questions with Solutions
the purpose of cylinders - -Cylinders are used to safely store and ship
compressed or liquid medical gases
- composition of cylinders - -seamless steel
- 2 types of composition - -Carbon steel (DOT type 3A)
Steel alloy (DOT type 3AA)
both are tempered to produce higher strength method of heat treating
- gas cylinders are ___ to aide in identification - -colored
- oxygen gas is - -green in US and white in canada
- carbon dioxide is - -Gray in the US and canada
- nitrous oxide is - -blue in US and Canada
- cyclopropane - -orange
- helium - -brown
- ethylene - -red
- carbiondioxide-oxygen - -gray/green
- helium oxygen - -brown/green
- nitrogen - -black
- air - -yellow
- nitrogen oxygen - -black/green
- letters are used to distinguish - -cylinder sizes
- AA-E are - -small cylinders most often used for anesthetic gases and
portable oxygen
- what connecter is used for small cylinders? - -a yoke connecter
- F-H & K are - -large cylinders
