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I don't understand the different types of O2 delivery devices. For example, the partial rebreather has...

I don't understand the different types of O2 delivery devices. For example, the partial rebreather has vent ports that allow a portion of the patient's exhaled Co2 gas to enter the reservoir bag and be re-used... isn't that bad? The patient is rebreathing Co2? Wouldn't this cause hypercapnia?

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