This is a stepwise diagrammatic approach to Blood Gas & Acid Base Balance.

Remember & follow these steps like a story; and you will clear up many doubts in your mind about Blood Gas & Acid Base Balance.

Data is categorized in 5 main sections.

1). What happens to O2 we breath in.

2). What happens to CO2 produced in tissues.

3). Acid Base Balance.

4). Hypoxia.

5). Control of Respiration.

This will also work as a summery of quick reference for O2 Partial pressures O2 content of blood CO2 partial pressures oxy-Hb dissociation curve & Acid Base Balance.