Discussion Nitrous as the gas for exit bag method

[1ma51llyb01]

Can nitrous oxide be used as the gas with the exit bag method

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

Sorry, but no. Search the forums for nitrogen or argon.

 

[1ma51llyb01]

Sorry, but no. Search the forums for nitrogen or argon.

How come?

 

[HelensNepenthe]

If you had acquired a bunch of canisters, I don't see why you could not use laughing gas. It's another inert gas that wouldn't cause struggle to the body.

it's significantly easier to source a nitrogen tank.

 

[1ma51llyb01]

If you had acquired a bunch of canisters, I don't see why you could not use laughing gas. It's another inert gas that wouldn't cause struggle to the body.

it's significantly easier to source a nitrogen tank.

Yeah thats what i thought. The method I was thinking of using was connecting a mask to a 36 inch balloon filled with nitrous oxide and simply breathing that.

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

Yeah thats what i thought. The method I was thinking of using was connecting a mask to a 36 inch balloon filled with nitrous oxide and simply breathing that.

And several people told you it was not a good idea.

 

[HelensNepenthe]

Backpedaling on what @UpandDownPrincess wrote, there's a reason why using a nitrogen tank is recommended over using nitrous oxide.

 

[1ma51llyb01]

Backpedaling on what @UpandDownPrincess wrote, there's a reason why using a nitrogen tank is recommended over using nitrous oxide.

What is the reason though?

And several people told you it was not a good idea.

There have been many deaths from nitrous

Backpedaling on what @UpandDownPrincess wrote, there's a reason why using a nitrogen tank is recommended over using nitrous oxide.

I understand that, it just doesn't seem like there is much evidence that it is a bad idea

 

[HelensNepenthe]

What is the reason though?

You're dealing with a larger room of error unlike using one cylinder of nitrogen. They will both identically produce self-termination by asphyxiation. It's almost impractical to find nitrous oxide in one large cylinder unlike nitrogen or helium.

 

[1ma51llyb01]

You're dealing with a larger room of error unlike using one cylinder of nitrogen. They will both identically produce self-termination by asphyxiation. It's almost impractical to find nitrous oxide in one large cylinder unlike nitrogen or helium.

It's just that a tank of pure helium or nitrogen is hard to source in the UK