This course will enable you to qualify for ten contact hours of Continuing Education credit for re-licensure. Therapeutic gases are used to ameliorate an underlying pathology. Oxygen, air, and helium are important therapeutic gases. Anesthetic gases are used to produce or maintain anesthesia or analgesia.
Nitrous oxide is an analgesic.
Laboratory gases have multiple applications. Pulmonary function technologists use carbon monoxide and helium in diagnostic tests to evaluate pulmonary system capabilities and function. Oxygen and carbon dioxide mixtures are used to calibrate blood gas analyzers. Most states accept ten contact hours of Continuing Education credit for this course since the course is expected to take approximately ten hours to complete. You can check your states CE acceptance policy by clicking here .