The Transport of Respiratory Gases in the Blood and Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Channel: Biology with Risa
Date: 2022-04-04

In this video, I review the mechanisms our body uses to transport respiratory gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide). I also discuss what causes carbon monoxide poisoning and how it can be treated using hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Image Attributions:

GJ Arthurs, M Sudhakar, Carbon dioxide transport, Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain, Volume 5, Issue 6, December 2005, Pages 207–210, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki050

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. James Heilman, MD at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons. Image Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HyperBaric_Oxygen_Therapy_Chamber_2008.jpg