Heliox has a low density, causing standard O2 flowmeters to…
Heliox has a low density, causing standard O2 flowmeters to be inaccurate. If a Respiratory Therapist (RT) needs to deliver 9 L/min of an 80:20 helium-O2 mixture to a patient, what flow should the RT set on the standard O2 flowmeter, given the correction factor for this mixture?