A self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is a respirator worn to provide an autonomous supply of breathable gas in an atmosphere that is immediately...
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the user is the occupant. Breathing apparatus may be classified by type in several ways: by breathing gas source: self-contained gas supply, remotely supplied...
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Escape breathing apparatus, also called escape respirators, escape sets, self-rescuer masks, emergency life saving apparatus (ELSA), emergency escape...
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scuba set is any self-contained breathing apparatus that is carried entirely by an underwater diver and provides the diver with breathing gas at the ambient...
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Scuba set (redirect from Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)
at the ambient pressure. Scuba is an anacronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Although strictly speaking the scuba set is only the...
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Respirator (section Self-contained breathing apparatus)
the ambient air, but supply breathing gas from another source. The three types are the self contained breathing apparatus, in which a compressed air cylinder...
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Rebreather (redirect from Breathing tube (breathing apparatus))
environments: underwater, diving rebreathers are a type of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus which have provisions for both a primary and emergency...
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against hazardous materials. Such suits are often combined with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to ensure a supply of breathable air. Hazmat suits...
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A breathing apparatus or breathing set is equipment which allows a person to breathe in a hostile environment where breathing would otherwise be impossible...
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High altitude breathing apparatus is a breathing apparatus which allows a person to breathe more effectively at an altitude where the partial pressure...
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non-miscible materials Personal protective equipment such as self-contained breathing apparatus and hazmat suits Salvage drum Wikimedia Commons has media...
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Light and air unit (redirect from Breathing support)
unsafe environments wear a self-contained breathing apparatus. The depleted air cylinders within the breathing apparatus must be replaced and refilled...
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Gas Diving Apparatus – Part 2: Free Flow Apparatus. I.S. EN 14143: 2013 – Respiratory Equipment – Self-Contained Re-Breathing Diving Apparatus defines minimum...
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Oxygen mask (category Medical breathing apparatus)
RW, Jones RL, Petersen SR (August 2006). "Effects of the self-contained breathing apparatus and fire protective clothing on maximal oxygen uptake". Ergonomics...
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Diving rebreather (category Self-contained breathing apparatus)
unit carried by the user, and is therefore a type of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba). A semi-closed rebreather carried by the diver...
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Scott Air-Pak SCBA (category Self-contained breathing apparatus)
The Scott Air-Pak SCBA is an open-circuit, self-contained breathing apparatus designed to meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard...
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Respiratory protective equipment (redirect from Protective breathing equipment)
Respirators filter the air to remove harmful particles and alongside the breathing apparatus (BA) provides clean air for the worker to breathe. RPE is covered...
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Supplied-air respirator (category Industrial breathing sets)
supply air from outside the danger zone. It is similar to a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), except that SCBA users carry their air with them in...
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Dead space (physiology) (redirect from Deadspace (in breathing apparatus))
or external dead space is volume in the passages of a breathing apparatus in which the breathing gas flows in both directions as the user breathes in and...
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wear a bailout cylinder (emergency gas supply) which can provide self-contained breathing gas in an emergency. Thus, the surface-supplied diver is less likely...
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chemical protective undergarment and a helmet compatible with a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). In 2006, the U.S. National Institute of Justice supported...
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(self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) tank overpressure (common): 3,000 psig Full SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) for interior firefighting...
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situations a self-contained breathing apparatus or supplied-air respirator is recommended instead. PAPRs have the advantage of eliminating breathing resistance...
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collapse, as occurs in obstructive sleep apnea, or to reduce the work of breathing in conditions such as acute decompensated heart failure. CPAP therapy...
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in conjunction with breathing apparatus; it is a small, battery-powered device attached to the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) harness which...
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Technora ropes attached to a full-body aluminized suit with a self-contained breathing apparatus. He has since wished to descend into the crater again, carrying...
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ditched (crashed into a body of water). It is a form of self contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) which consists of a small cylinder pressurized...
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are commonly found in ballistic armour and cylinders for self-contained breathing apparatuses. Bakelite was the first fibre-reinforced plastic. Leo Baekeland...
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for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). Apparatus Fire apparatus is divided into seven categories by NFPA Standard 1901: Pumper Fire Apparatus, Initial...
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A self-contained self-rescue device, SCSR, self-contained self-rescuer, or air pack is a type of closed-circuit SCBA with a portable oxygen source for...
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