A0901

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1. Low Flow Oxygen

   A0901 replied to A0901's topic in NICU

   My NICU does use cc/min of oxygen usually for chronic babies. But where I came from, we did not. So, this is very new to me. But, thank you for confirming that 0.01L/min is not equal to 100cc/min.

2. Low Flow Oxygen

   A0901 replied to A0901's topic in NICU

   Yes, and I'm given some roundabout answer that doesn't make sense mathematically. Outside of the NICU, I asked an anesthesiologist and another RT, as well as a pediatric resident and the consensus is that 100cc/min is 0.1L/min, period. I'm glad I'm n...

3. Low Flow Oxygen

   A0901 replied to A0901's topic in NICU

   Thank you! I was certain that this makes no sense from a mathematical standpoint. I've asked on my unit and no one can give me a straight answer.

4. Low Flow Oxygen

   A0901 posted a topic in NICU

   If you have a baby on 100cc to the wall, why do we express this as 0.01 L/min? If there are 1000cc in 1 L, then 100/1000= 0.1. What is the calculation to get to 0.01 L/min? And if it were 60cc, would you express it as 0.006? Thank you for your help,...