You are called by a nursing home to help set up O2 for a patient, delivered through a jet nebuliz-er. Unfortunately, all that is available is an old uncompensated Thorpe tube flowmeter
When set to 8 L/min, the nebulizer creates an additional 30 psig of downstream pressure. Ap-proximately what flow of O2 will the patient now receive?
a. 4 L/min
b. 6 L/min
c. 8 L/min
d. 12 L/min
ANS: D
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