can someone tell me the name of gas/air given 1n the 60 s at childbirth?

Question

was it trixolene or similar word

Answer 1

Was it entinox or entonox?

Answer 2

Entonox, Self administered. --
Article in Wikipedia.
Entonox, referred to colloquially as gas and air, is an analgesic used to ease pain during labour, trauma and minor surgical procedures. Entonox is the trade name for a mixture of fifty percent nitrous oxide (N2O or laughing gas) and 50 % oxygen (O2) so a more appropriate name would be gas and oxygen. Entonox is administered by inhalation from a cylinder at a pressure of 137 bar (in the UK) or from a pipeline supply.

Its analgesic effect is strong (equivalent to 5 to 10 mg of morphine) and characterised by rapid onset and offset (i.e. it is very fast-acting and wears off very quickly).

Nitrous oxide is itself active (does not require any changes in the body to become active), and so has an onset in roughly the lung-brain circulation time. This gives it a peak action 30s after the start of administration; Entonox should thus be used accordingly, e.g. use should begin 30s before a contraction becomes painful in labour. It is removed from the body unchanged via the lungs, and does not accumulate under normal conditions, explaining the rapid offset.

Entonox is premixed 50:50 composition that is self administered i.e. there is no requirement for an anaesthetist to be present to (amongst other things) control the mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen.

Nitrous oxide can act as an anaesthetic in high doses. Self-administration of Entonox remains safe because if enough is inhaled to start to induce anaesthesia, the patient becomes unable to hold the valve, and so will drop it and soon exhale the residual gas. The 50% oxygen in Entonox ensures they will have sufficient oxygen in their system for a short period of apnoea to be safe.

Answer 3

Trycoethelene.

Answer 4

Hi the word your looking for is Entinox and what great stuff it is lol

Answer 5

would'nt it be the same as today entinox.