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R E S P I R A T I O N: Respiration Training Module
R E S P I R A T I O N: Respiration Training Module
R E S P I R A T I O N: Respiration Training Module
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I Respiration training module
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E Respiratory theory
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P Why the lungs need protecting from
I airborne hazards
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E Respiratory theory
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P The respiratory process
I The bodys natural defences to airborne hazards
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Identifying key respiratory hazards
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I Respiration = Breathing
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E Breathing
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I Oxygen in
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R The Human respiratory system
E Alveolus
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Trachea
I Bronchus
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Bronchiole
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R Alveolus
Oxygenated
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blood
blood
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Capillaries
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R HAZARDS
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I 3000 BC 0 2000 AD
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R Airborne hazards affecting the
E respiratory system
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P Particles Gases & vapours Oxygen deficiency
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R Particles (As defined by EN 132)
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In large enough quantities...
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Of a sensitising nature...
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Or very small...
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cause ill health
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Relative sizes of common airborne particles
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E Visible by electron Visible by
Visible by human eye
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P Viruses
Welding fume
Tobacco smoke
I Bacteria
Industrial mists
R Pollen
Human
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hair
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Fog Rain
drizzle
I 0.01 0.1 1.0 10 100 1000 10000
T 19.5% 3M definition
I of Oxygen deficient
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R Gases with little or no warning
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Some gases, such as Carbon Monoxide,
P Carbon Dioxide and Methane, have virtually
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each year!
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Daily mail, Friday, June 23rd 1995
R Nine are killed in cave gas trap
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Nine people died after being overcome by Carbon Monoxide in a cave
S near Rouen In Normandy, France.
P The gas may have been created when three of the victims- two
teenage brothers and a friend - lit a fire in one of the underground
I tunnels far from the cave entrance and fresh air. The others killed
were the brothers father, who went to look for them, and five rescuers.
R The cave is popular with children.
T Sensitisation
I Causing restrictions and contractions in airways -
Occupational Asthma eg. Bakers Asthma from flour
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R The tissues inside the lungs are
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R One way of dealing with airborne
E hazards is to use a respirator
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R Respiratory protective equipment that filters
contaminated air before it is inhaled by the wearer
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