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Breathing Techniques

Various breathing techniques discussed, and how to evaluate which technique works best for you?

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Breathing Techniques Members (8)

Kevin Reilly Kevin Reilly
John A. Van Doren John A. Van Doren

Dave LeBlanc Dave LeBlanc
Jonathan Young Jonathan Young

Kevin Reilly Kevin Reilly created this group on Fire Engineering Training Community.

 

Digital Air Gauge (DAG)

The DAG is used for syncronizing SCBA bottles to identical pressures when evaluating a breathing technique.

Breathing Techniques Forum

Marques Bush

Breathing Techniques

Started by Marques Bush Oct 2

What are some drills that can be done to become more proficient in the area of controlling and skip breathing while using your SCBA? Read More »

Kevin Reilly

PROCEDURE - EVALUATING SCBA BREATHING TECHNIQUES

Started by Kevin Reilly Apr 17

 Items needed for each individual: - Digital Air Gauge (DAG) - (2) SCBA air bottles - (1) SCBA pack - Stopwatch - Pulse-ox monitor - Blood Pressure Cuff - Treadmill - Pad and pencil - Duct tape ... Read More »

Kevin Reilly

The Walk Test - air volume/distance 11 Replies

Started by Kevin Reilly. Last reply by Jim Duffy Apr 4.

Walk a 200 feet (city block) and count your respirations. How many breaths did you take? Now try using a breathing method of your choice and compare your respiration count. Keep track with pencil ... Read More »

 
 

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