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2. Incentive Spirometer: What It’s For and How to Use It

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   Takeaway. An incentive spirometer is a handheld medical device that measures the volume of your breath. Your doctor, surgeon, or nurse will give you specific instructions on how to use it. Example ...

3. Using an Asthma Inhaler With a Spacer and Without - WebMD

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   Hold the inhaler with your index finger on top of the canister and thumb on the bottom of the plastic mouthpiece. Sit up straight or stand up. Tilt your head back slightly and breathe out all the ...

4. Spirometry: Procedure, “Normal” Values, and Test Results

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   Spirometry tests are standard procedures doctors use to assess lung function. These tests measure how much air a person can force out of their lungs within 1 second and in total. The results of a ...

5. How to Use an Asthma Inhaler: A Step-by-Step Guide with Tips

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   Shake the inhaler firmly for 10 seconds. Insert the inhaler into the correct end of the spacer or holding chamber. Place the mask end of the device over the child’s mouth and nose, making a ...

6. Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) for Your Lungs - WebMD

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   Spirometry. This is one of the most common pulmonary function tests. Spirometry measures how much air you can breathe in and out. It also measures how fast you can empty the air out of your lungs ...

7. Portal (video game) - Wikipedia

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   Single-player. Portal is a 2007 puzzle - platform game developed and published by Valve. It was released in a bundle, The Orange Box, for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and has been since ported to other systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Android (via Nvidia Shield), and Nintendo Switch. Portal consists primarily of a series of puzzles ...

8. Lung Diagnostic Tests: Spirometry, Pulse Oximetry ... - WebMD

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   This test can give you advance warning of an asthma attack. Pulse oximetry, or “pulse ox.”. This test uses a device that measures how much oxygen your red blood cells are carrying. The device ...

9. Uncontrolled decompression - Wikipedia

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   An uncontrolled decompression is an undesired drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as a pressurised aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, that typically results from human error, structural failure, or impact, causing the pressurised vessel to vent into its surroundings or fail to pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as ...