Types of Gas Used in Medical Gas Systems in Hospitals. 1  Medical gas systems in hospitals are, in a word, lifesaving. These assemblies supply piped oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and medical air to hospital areas such as patient rooms, recovery areas, operating rooms, and more.
The definition of a saline is a salt source. An example of a saline is a salt lick used by horses and cows. of, characteristic of, or containing common salt, or sodium chloride.
In case of a saline solution (seawater included), it means that an Isotonic solution is 9â° (that's NOT 9% - that's PARTS PER THOUSAND) salt and 991â° purified water. In a roundabout way, one might say that Isotonic seawater has only 1/3 the salt content of regular ocean water (not the Dead Sea!).