Question

Give any two medical uses of oxygen.

Answer 1

Answer:

Oxygen is used by animals and plants in the respiration (breathing) process. Tanks of oxygen are used in medicine to treat people with breathing problems. They are also used as life support for astronauts and scuba divers. The majority of the oxygen used in industry is used in the manufacturing of steel.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Medical uses of oxygen:

• provide a basis for virtually all modern anaesthetic techniques.
• restore tissue oxygen tension by improving oxygen availability in a wide range of conditions such as COPD, cyanosis, shock, severe hemorrhage, carbon monoxide poisoning, major trauma, cardiac/respiratory arrest.