After polling doctors and nurses concerning the various aspects of oxygen use in the medical setting, we put together a list of topics on oxygen which are either poorly understood or confusing at best. We then included basic oxygen information with those topics to provide a better understanding of oxygen. Topics include the composition of air, the oxygen atom and how it bonds, the partial pressure of oxygen and other gases in air, oxygen in water, the manufacture of oxygen, the human body's use of oxygen, oxygen content, hyperbaric oxygen, pulse oximetry, the oxygen dissociation curve, altitude and oxygen, oxygen and carbon dioxide dissociation curve, oxygen therapy, fraction of inspired oxygen, flow rate, tidal volume, minute ventilation, nasal cannula, simple mask, partial rebreather mask, nonrebreather mask, venture mask, bag valve mask, damaging health effects of oxygen, underwater pressure and oxygen, and a reference section.
