07.09.2020 - By Maureen Osuna, MSN, RN - Nursing school educator, author, and nursing student enthusiast.
Sometimes an asthma attack can be so severe that oxygen and bronchodilators simply aren’t enough. Heliox to the rescue! Heliox is a mixture of helium plus oxygen that creates a gas that is lower in density, thereby decreasing work of breathing and helping inhaled medications get into the more distal areas of the bronchial tree
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