Inspired, Expired and Alveolar Air - slides for RT Students
Content
- Inspired air
- Expired air
- Alveolar air
- Composition
- Partial pressures
- Measurements
Learning outcomes
Students have learnt about:
- Describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide composition in atmosphere, expired and alveolar air
- Describe the factors that impair oxygen delivery to the tissues and how to distinguish among them.
- State how carbon dioxide is collected and expired
- Describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide composition in atmosphere, expired and alveolar air
- Describe the factors that impair oxygen delivery to the tissues and how to distinguish among them.
- State how carbon dioxide is collected and expired
Reference
- Essentisal of medical physiology
- Fundamental of respiratory care
- Levitzky AMG: Pulmonary physiology, ed 8, New York, 2013, McGraw-Hill Medical
- West JB: Respiratory physiology: the essentials, ed 9, Philadelphia, 2011, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
