guys help, what is the yellow tank and the black tank?

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im talking about the air tanks...

the oxygen is green right?

but what about the yellow? and the black tanks im seeing in our hospital...

thanks

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

Well, yellow is air at my hospital. Maybe the black tank is helium?

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Specializes in OR Nursing Internship.

in my hospital there is blue-oxygen, green-nitrous oxide, don't know what black is.

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Green is ALWAYS oxygen, blue is a nitrous oxide

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

green is oxygen, yellow is air, dont know about black

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Specializes in ER, ICU cath lab, remote med.

green=oxygen

yellow=air

black=nitrogen (I think!)

Aren't they labeled?

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.

Wow, our gas bottles are completely different colours to yours.

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.

Black is C02.

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well it seems that it is diff with the hospitals, ours is COMPRESSED AIR! :p i just discovered it a while ago.

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