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Medical Equanox
Medical grade gas mixture of 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen, which is used for the therapeutic treatment in humans and animals
N2O / O2
A medical grade mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen used by doctors, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, and anaesthetists in hospitals, day surgery and so on. Medical Equanox is classified as a Schedule 4 drug, so can be supplied only by, or on the written prescription of, an authorised practitioner. Coregas therefore requires your valid licence number prior to supplying this gas.
Uses
- Relief of severe pain, usually in emergency situations
- Short-term procedures which inevitably involve pain, such as wound and burn dressing, wound debridement and suturing
- Traumatic injuries
- Invasive procedures such as catheterisation and sigmoidoscopy
- Changing position of limbs, manipulation or splinting
- Altering the position of a patient in pain
- Applying traction plus the insertion and removal of skeletal pins for traction
- Removal of radioactive intracavity gynaecological applicators
- Analgesic agent in first aid, emergency services, obstetrics, ambulances, nursing services, doctors' surgeries and dental surgeries.
- Physiotherapy
- Renal colic
- Labour pain
- Sternum bone marrow biopsy
- Constipation
- Paediatrics
- Dental work to provide short-term analgesia for tooth extraction and other brief procedures
CAUTION: CYLINDER USE IN PROXIMITY TO MRI
Steel cylinders contain a substantial quantity of ferromagnetic material and MUST NOT be used in proximity to MRIs under any circumstances.
When medical gas cylinders are intended for use in a room in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being performed, the cylinders and associated equipment must be considered to potentially contain ferromagnetic materials.
Coregas recommends that the standard safety protocols for determining what materials may be brought into proximity with an MRI are applied to all gas cylinders and equipment.
Product Summary
Gas composition
- Nitrous oxide 50% ± 2%
- Oxygen 50% ± 2%
Impurities
Moisture ≤ 67 ppm
Carbon monoxide < 5 ppm
Carbon dioxide < 300 ppm
| Size | Product code | Volume / m³ | Weight (full)* / kg | Pressure / kPa | Outlet connection | Availability | Cert. of conformance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 367172 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 12,000 | Pin index fig. 8 | Australia wide | Download |
| D | 367110 | 1.6 | 16.5 | 12,000 | Pin index fig. 8 | Australia wide | Download |
| E | 367122 | 4.0 | 39.3 | 12,000 | Pin index fig. 8 | Australia wide | Download |
| G | 367142 | 8.0 | 67.7 | 12,000 | Pin index fig. 8 | Australia wide | Download |
Additional Details
Physical & chemical properties
| Appearance | Odour | Flammability | Oxidising |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppearanceColourless gas | OdourSweet smelling | FlammabilityNon flammable | OxidisingOxidising gas |
Hazard class
2.2/5.1
Hazard symbol (GHS)
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Non-flammable non-toxic gas 2.2
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Oxidising Agent 5.1