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cookcarl

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on: Jul 16, 2018
The device that will prevent early airway closure is:
 
  a. incentive spirometry.
  b. intermittent positive-pressure breathing.
  c. flutter valve therapy.
  d. high-frequency chest wall oscillation.

Question 2

What is the function of the counterweight plug and magnet in the Acapella Flutter type of de-vice?
 
  a. Creates positive and negative pressure in the chest
  b. Provides high-frequency external chest wall oscillations
  c. Creates oscillations that are transmitted into the lungs
  d. Creates positive pressure throughout the respiratory cycle


mcinincha279

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The steel ball of the flutter valve or the counterweighted plug and magnet help to prevent early airway closure.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Acapella is a flutter type of valve that creates a series of high-frequency oscillations that are transmitted into the lungs through the airway opening.


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