Nitrous Oxide Administration

Once I was assisting on a patient using nitrous who started to barf mid procedure. I quickly grabbed the garbage and placed it right between my legs, tore off the nitrous nose and rolled the patient over from the dental chair to finish barfing into the can.

One of the signs of nitrous overdose is vomiting which was a likely cause in this case. It is important to know how to set up, administer and monitor nitrous oxide for our patients. Have a team meeting about it and check out our video all the set up and titration of nitrous oxide.

If you need a little nitrous oxide calculation quick reference guide we have one for you in the shop. https://www.hygieneedge.com/shop/nitrous-oxide-percent-calculations-quick-reference-guide