Medical Oxygen Cylinder Grade

Refrigerant Gas Suppliers™ Healthcare Medical Oxygen Cylinders 

Refrigerant Gas Suppliers™ Healthcare provides an extensive range of specialist medical oxygen cylinders and equipment for healthcare professionals. Our cylinders are available in a wide variety of sizes, allowing you to choose the right option for your volume requirements and working environment.

In addition, we supply a wide range of cylinder trolleys and storage solutions to ensure safe handling and transport.

Oxygen is the most widely used medical gas. It supports resuscitation, inhalation therapy, life support for ventilated patients, treatment of shock, and reduction of surgical wound infections. Furthermore, oxygen forms the basis of nearly all modern anesthetic techniques.

Cylinder Specifications

• Filled to 137 bar
• Cylinder contents: 0.17 m³
• Uncertified
• Medical Grade Pharmacodynamic properties

Pharmacological Details

• Pharmacotherapeutic group: Medical gas
• ATC code: V03AN01
• Characteristics:
  • Odourless, colourless gas
  • Molecular weight: 32.00
  • Boiling point: ‑183.1ºC (at 1 bar)
  • Density: 1.335 kg/m³ (at 15ºC)

Oxygen makes up 21% of the atmosphere and is essential for life. Basal oxygen consumption in humans is about 250 ml/min for a body surface of 1.8 m². This consumption decreases by 10% during anesthesia or sleep, and by 50% with a 10ºC drop in body temperature.

Therapeutic Indications

Medical oxygen is widely used in clinical practice to:

• Provide a basis for anesthetic techniques, including pre‑ and postoperative management.
• Restore tissue oxygen tension in conditions such as:
  • Cyanosis from cardio‑pulmonary disease
  • Surgical trauma, chest wounds, rib fractures
  • Shock, severe hemorrhage, coronary occlusion
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Hyperpyrexia
  • Major trauma (road accidents, gunshot wounds)
  • Sudden cardiac or respiratory arrest (drug‑induced or traumatic)
• Aid in resuscitation of critically ill patients with impaired circulation.
• Support neonatal resuscitation.
• Treat acute severe headaches in adults diagnosed with cluster headache.