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Oxygen

  • rocket stove
    • pulls in air at the bottom, burns wood, heat rises, expels air and flames at the top.
  • metabolic equivalent of task
    • The ratio of the work metabolic rate to the resting metabolic rate.
      A MET also is defined as oxygen uptake in ml/kg/min with one MET equal to the oxygen cost of sitting quietly, equivalent to 3.5 ml/kg/min
  • Entonox
    • Entonox® is a gas – a mixture of half oxygen and half nitrous oxide that is used for pain relief.
  • bilirubin
    • Bilirubin is produced by the breakdown of haemoglobin (which
      from the body by the liver and then stored and concentrated in the
      gallbladder. It is secreted into the intestine (bowel) and removed
      from the body in urine and faeces.