Oxygen Delivery DevicesThe common devices, their approximate delivered concentrations, and their limits.NursingApproximate figures. Delivered concentration varies with the patient's ownbreathing.DeviceTypical flowApproximate oxygenNasal cannula1–4 L/min24–40%, variableSimple face mask5–10 L/min40–60%, variableVenturi maskSet by the valveFixed, 24–60%Reservoir mask15 L/minUp to 60–90%High-flow nasal oxygenSet by deviceSet and humidifiedEducational reference. Oxygen is a drug, prescribed with a target range.Approximate figures — follow local oxygen policy and the chart.Oxygen Delivery Deviceslearnposters.com
Oxygen Delivery Devices — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster

A 5-row table: Device · Typical flow · Approximate oxygen.

Approximate figures. Delivered concentration varies with the patient's own breathing.

Educational reference. Oxygen is a drug, prescribed with a target range. Approximate figures — follow local oxygen policy and the chart.

Questions about the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster

What’s on the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster?
A 5-row table: Device · Typical flow · Approximate oxygen. Approximate figures. Delivered concentration varies with the patient's own breathing. Nasal cannula — 1–4 L/min — 24–40%, variable; Simple face mask — 5–10 L/min — 40–60%, variable; Venturi mask — Set by the valve — Fixed, 24–60%; Reservoir mask — 15 L/min — Up to 60–90%; High-flow nasal oxygen — Set by device — Set and humidified. Educational reference. Oxygen is a drug, prescribed with a target range. Approximate figures — follow local oxygen policy and the chart.
Who is the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster for?
Oxygen Delivery Devices belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning medical-surgical can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster?
Record the device and the flow, not just the saturation it produced. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Oxygen Delivery Devices belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Oxygen Delivery Devices?
Chest Pain: Recognise & Escalate, Acute Kidney Injury & CKD and COPD & Asthma sit alongside Oxygen Delivery Devices in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Chest Pain: Recognise & EscalateAcute Kidney Injury & CKDCOPD & Asthma
Is the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster free to download and print?
Yes. Oxygen Delivery Devices downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Oxygen Delivery Devices poster print at?
Oxygen Delivery Devices is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Oxygen Delivery Devices loses nothing.Printing guide

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