What are the medicinal uses of liquid oxygen?
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It can be used to freeze things. Some epople use it to remove warts.
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There is an acronym that is used for the treatment of an acute MI, \nMONA- Morphine, oxygen, Nitroglycerin,Asprin.  the order is usually oxygen, asprin sublingual nitroglycerin, and morphine, then if pain remains and BP is high, we will start a nitroglycerin drip.
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Oxygen, like a lot of substances our body needs, can be harmful in large quantities.  This is partly due to its highly electromagnetic and hydrophyllic nature.  As any patient that has been on oxygen therapy can tell you, your body is "set" to use a certain percentage of oxygen in the air we breathe.  If we get used to a higher amount, and then this amount is depreived, we feel light-headed and weak.  This is because at higher levels of oxygen, our lungs become accustomed to a smaller amount of effort to extract and use the oxygen from the air.  \n\nOxygen's corrosive nature is not found in the O2 form however, but the O and O3 (ozone) forms.  This is because oxygen is most stable in the O2 form.  This is where oxygen "wants" to be.  The O3 and O forms are unstable, and prone to reactions.    \n\n"Oxygen can be toxic at elevated partial pressures (i.e. high relative concentrations). This is important in some forms of scuba diving, such as with a rebreather.\n\nCertain derivatives of oxygen, such as ozone (O3), singlet oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals and superoxide, are also highly toxic. The body has developed mechanisms to protect against these toxic compounds. For instance, the naturally-occurring glutathione can act as an antioxidant, as can bilirubin which is normally a breakdown product of hemoglobin. To protect against the destructive nature of peroxides, nearly every organism on earth has developed some form of the enzyme catalase, which very quickly disproportionates peroxide into water and dioxygen.\n\nHighly concentrated sources of oxygen promote rapid combustion and therefore are fire and explosion hazards in the presence of fuels. The fire that killed the Apollo 1 crew on a test launchpad spread so rapidly because the capsule was pressurized with pure oxygen as would be usual in an actual flight, but to maintain positive pressure in the capsule, this was at slightly more than atmospheric pressure instead of the 1/3 pressure that would be used in flight. (See partial pressure.) Similar hazards also apply to compounds of oxygen with a high oxidative potential, such as chlorates, perchlorates, and dichromates; they also can often cause chemical burns.\n\nOxygen derivatives are prone to form free radicals, especially in metabolic processes. Because they can cause severe damage to cells and their DNA, they form part of theories of carcinogenesis and aging." (Wikipedia 2006)\n\n"Oxygen is the most abundant element on this planet. The earth's crust is 46.6% oxygen by weight, the oceans are 86% oxygen by weight, and the atmosphere is 21% oxygen by volume. The name oxygen comes from the Greek stems oxys, "acid," and gennan, "to form or generate." Thus, oxygen literally means "acid former." This name was introduced by Lavoisier, who noticed that compounds rich in oxygen, such as SO2 and P4O10, dissolve in water to give acids.\n\n"Fluorine is the only element that is more electronegative than oxygen. As a result, oxygen gains electrons in virtually all its chemical reactions. Each O2 molecule must gain four electrons to satisfy the octets of the two oxygen atoms." ("Chemistry of Oxygen" - Bodner Research Group)
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An oxygen concentrator is a device used to provide oxygen to a patient at substantially higher concentrations than those of ambient air, used as an alternative to tanks of compressed oxygen.\n\nThe oxygen concentrator's internal functions are based around two cylinders, filled with a zeolite material, which selectively adsorb the nitrogen in the air. Each cycle, one cylinder is brought up to around 20 lbf/in² (138 kPa, or 1.36 atmospheres) while the other cylinder is brought down to 0 lbf/in² (0 Pa), allowing the captured nitrogen to dissipate. Typical units have cycles of around 20 seconds, and allow for a continuous supply of oxygen at a flow rate of up to approximately five liters per minute at concentrations anywhere from 50 to 95 %.\n\nIn both clinical and emergency care situations, oxygen concentrators have the advantage of not being as dangerous as oxygen cylinders, which can, if ruptured or leaking, explosively increase the combustion of a fire. As such, oxygen concentrators are particularly advantageous in military or disaster situations, where oxygen tanks may be dangerous or infeasible. Indeed, oxygen concentrators are sufficiently non-volatile that they are sometimes leased to individual patients as a prescription item for use in their homes, such as an adjunct to CPAP treatment of severe Sleep apnea.\n\nThese devices are currently in use by the US military in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, as part of the equipment complement of forward surgical teams.\n\nCommon models retail at around 2000USD, and require the authorization of a doctor for purchase. Leasing arrangements may be available through various medical supply companies and/or insurance agencies.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_concentrator\n\nTo meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup.\nPlease discuss this issue on the talk page, and/or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available.\nThis article or section has been tagged since March 2005.
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water food oxygen environment
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Carbamide peroxide is the generic form of an over-the-counter medication that combines glycerin and peroxide. The peroxide releases oxygen and cleans up bacteria. The glycerine puts on coating and helps protect the sore. Brand names include Glyoxide, Amosan, and Cankaid.
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Nothing if it was a small amount.  Some believe in drinking food grade peroxide for health benefits.
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In cryopreservation, liquid nitrogen is used to preserve cells. Cells are usually stored in a 10% DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) and 90% Fetal Bovine Serum solution. They are transferred into cryo vials and stored in liquid nitrogen cryo tanks. Cells may be preserved at this state for many years.
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Oxygen is produced usually as a gas or liquid from air by a method called cryogenic distillation. \n\nIt basically consists of cooling the air (which costs nothing as raw material) until it liquefies, and then distilling the different components (nitrogen, oxygen, argon, etc) as you would distill any other mixture.
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I think its something like liquid nitrogen. Whatever it is, it freezes the area of the injury thus working like a local anaesthethic.
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Liquid air is being used for rapid cooling.
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I think you mean gills.\n\nThere are artificial liquids available:\nLiquid breathing is a form of respiration in which a normally air-breathing organism breathes an oxygen rich liquid (usually from the perfluorocarbon family), rather than breathing air. It is used for medical treatment and could someday find use in deep diving and space travel. Liquid breathing is sometimes called "fluid breathing", but this is misleading as both liquids and gases are fluids.\n\nNanotechnology is be used to create respirocytes which act as artificial red blood cells and could allow you to hold your breath for 1-2 hours underwater.
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Liquid Breathing\n\nA lot of you I am sure have seen the movie "The Abyss". If not then it doesn't matter but what is important however, is one of the diving techniques that they use. This technique is called Liquid Breathing. Until not long ago, people thought that this was fictitious and was not possible but in fact it has been around for a lot longer than you might think!\n\nThe general type of liquid used by the US Navy and other Navies in the world generally have a perfluorocarbon type composition. The type of halide attached onto the molecule depends but it is either fluorine or bromine. However, the only problem associated with using bromine is that it is a very strong greenhouse gas but it could be regenerated through special filters and rebreathers.\n\nADVANTAGES\n\nIt  seems like an odd concept but:\n\n1- Due to its density, Liquivent (marketed name for liquid breathing liquid) can carry as much as 25 times as much oxygen than blood and it has enormous potential for patients with lung and breathing disorders. \n\n2- If fluid is taken into the lungs whilst diving, then the pressure in the body could match that of the pressure of the surrounding water. Thus breathing would be easier and lower concentrations would only be needed. \n\n3- Thus, this would also eliminate the need for decompression and its inherent problems i.e. nitrogen narcosis and the bends.\n\n4- A given volume of oxygen-saturated fluorocarbon contains 3 times as much oxygen as the same volume of air or whole blood.\n\n5- According to the movie "The Abyss", the deepest suit dive was to 4800ft which is equivalent to about 300atmospheres of pressure! Tests with mice have been done at pressures of up to 8000ft.\n\nHISTORY\n\nThis concept originated in the mid 60's when Dr Kylstra a physiologist realised that salt solutions could be saturated with oxygen at high pressures. However, after several experiments he concluded that this mixture becomes toxic due to the build up of carbon dioxide. Therefore, a new mixture that could be saturated with oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide quickly and efficiently had to be thought of.\n\nAfter further experimentation in 1969, Dr Clark realised that oxygen and carbon dioxide were very soluble in fluorocarbon liquids like freon. Assuming the lungs could cope with this material, Dr Clark figured that these fluorocarbons could support respiration of animals.\n\nLater developments\n\nDuring later years, the techniques of liquid breathing were constantly refined and improved. The survival rate of all the tested animals in recent years has been very high, thanks mainly to improvements in carbon dioxide elimination. Current liquids used can dissolve over 65 ml of oxygen and 228 ml of carbon dioxide per 100 ml perfluorocarbon. By the early 1990s this procedure was developed:-\n\n   1. The animal was anesthetized with intravenous sodium thiopental.\n   2. The animal was put on its back. A tube was placed down its airway, ready for the liquid breathing medium.\n   3. A blood sample was taken. The temperature of the liquid was adjusted correspondingly. It was no longer necessary to make the animals hypothermic.\n   4. The perfluorocarbon was instilled into the animal's lungs through the tube.\n   5. A floor-mounted 3-litre reservoir was filled with the perfluorocarbon. The liquid was driven by a pump through a series of machines which warmed and oxygenated the liquid and took the carbon dioxide out of it. The liquid flowed through a tube into a 3-way pneumatic valve which directed flow to the animal. A computer controlled the inspiration (18 ml of fluid per second), pumping the liquid into the animal's lungs, then back out again to the reservoir, at a rate of about 6 complete respirations per minute.\n   6. At the end of the test, the animal was tilted for about 15 seconds and the perfluorocarbon was allowed to drain from the lungs. This can be seen in the film The Abyss where Ensign Monk drain
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yes! liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.  mix them together, light a match and stand back.
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Peroxide is sometimes used as a gargle for sore throat so if I have that right that goes in the mouth! It is also used to treat skin infections or to place in the ear. Peroxide is currently not recommended for anything since it can actually break down the skin.
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Recycling. Electrolyse of water. Plants give O2.\nCompressed and deep cooled liquid O2.
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1-For terminal oxidation of Water and release of oxygen.\n2-As a solvent for many metabolic reactions.\n3-For cellular osmotic pressure.\n4-For transpiration.\n5-For seed imbibition.