Performing spirometry
Operator’s Manual V1.1 • EasyOne Air • EasyOne Connect
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Tell the patient to exhale as hard and as fast as possible and to continue
blowing out until the lungs are completely empty.
While the patient performs the breathing maneuver, a feedback sound
indicates the effort of the patient. The harder the patient exhales, the faster
the feedback sound is repeated. When the patient exhales more slowly
towards the end, the feedback sound also gets slower.
At the end of the trial, another feedback sound indicates whether the
trial is acceptable or not.
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Tell the patient to take the
EasyOne Flow Tube
out of the mouth and to
breathe normally again.
If the trial is acceptable, the green quality message is displayed.
If the trial is not acceptable, a yellow or red quality message is
displayed suggesting how to improve the breathing maneuver.
To add trials
1
If you want to look at the details of this trial, choose
Data
.
The report screen is displayed.
2
Choose
Next
.
3
Repeat the previous procedure
To perform the FVC breathing maneuver
and this procedure
To add trials
until a green acceptability message is
displayed.
After the third and every following trial, a red or a green acceptability
message is displayed with the quality grade for the test.
After three acceptable trials, the test ends automatically and a green
acceptability message is displayed.
4
Choose
Data
.
The report screen is displayed.
5
Choose
End session
.
