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  2. Oxygen mask - Wikipedia

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    An oxygen mask is a mask that provides a method to transfer breathing oxygen gas from a storage tank to the lungs. Oxygen masks may cover only the nose and mouth (oral nasal mask) or the entire face (full-face mask). They may be made of plastic, silicone, or rubber. In certain circumstances, oxygen may be delivered via a nasal cannula instead ...

  3. Emergency oxygen system - Wikipedia

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    Most commercial aircraft that operate at high flight altitudes are pressurized at a maximum cabin altitude of approximately 8,000 feet. On most pressurized aircraft, if cabin pressurization is lost when the aircraft is flying at an altitude above 4,267 m (14,000 feet), compartments containing the oxygen masks will open automatically, either above or in front of the passenger and crew seats ...

  4. Instruments used in general medicine - Wikipedia

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    Oxygen mask and tubes: to deliver gases to the mouth/nostrils to assist in oxygen intake or to administer aerosolized or gaseous drugs Pipette or dropper: to measure out doses of liquid, specially in children Proctoscope: to look inside the anal canal and lower part of the rectum: Radiography: to view internal body structures Reflex hammer

  5. Glossary of breathing apparatus terminology - Wikipedia

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    An orinasal mask, oro-nasal mask, or oral-nasal mask [55] is a breathing mask that covers the mouth and the nose only. It may be a complete independent item, as an oxygen mask , or on some anaesthetic apparatus, or it may be fitted as a component inside a fullface mask on underwater breathing apparatus , a gas mask or an industrial respirator ...

  6. Orinasal mask - Wikipedia

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    An orinasal mask, oro-nasal mask or oral-nasal mask [1] is a breathing mask that covers the mouth and the nose only. It may be a complete independent item, as an oxygen mask , or on some anaesthetic apparatuses, or it may be fitted as a component inside a fullface mask on underwater breathing apparatus , a gas mask or an industrial respirator ...

  7. Breathing mask - Wikipedia

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    A breathing mask is a mask that covers the mouth, nose, and optionally other parts of the face or head, designed to constrain and direct the wearer's breath to and/or from a particular breathing apparatus. It may mean, or be part of, one of these types:

  8. Oxygen therapy - Wikipedia

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    Typical oxygen masks allow a person to breathe in a mixture of room air and therapeutic oxygen. However, as filtered oxygen masks use a closed design that minimizes or eliminates the person's contact with and ability to inhale room air, delivered oxygen concentrations in such devices have been found to be elevated, approaching 99% using ...

  9. High altitude breathing apparatus - Wikipedia

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    Climber wearing an oxygen mask on the summit of Everest, 2019. A commonly used system manufactured by Poisk uses three high-pressure composite cylinders filled to 260 Bar at 20 degrees Celsius. The dimensions of the cylinders are 19 inches (480 mm) long, 4.25 inches (108 mm) diameter, and weight under 2.7 kilograms (6.0 lb).