GCSE biology Artificial breathing aids
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- Artificial breathing aids
- Two types of breathing aids
- long and short
- Long
- Negative pressure
- Advantages
- It was effective at treating people with Polio
- Disadvantage'
- Can affect the abdomen leading to blood in the lower body
- Pressure is pumped out and air is sucked in
- Short
- positive pressure
- They force measured breaths into the lungs, once they inflate with air the pressure stops and gradually decreases
- Advantages
- Used during operations and effective at ventilating the lungs
- You can use them at home and allows you to move about
- Disavantages
- It requires the tube to be surgically entered
- positive pressure
- Two types of breathing aids
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