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Artificial ventilation.
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Answer
(1) Artificial ventilation is the artificial respiration. It is the method of inducing breathing in a person when natural respiration has ceased or is faltering. If used properly and quickly, it can prevent death due to drowning, choking, suffocation, electric shock, etc.
(2) The process involves two main steps:
a. Establishing and maintaining an open air passage from the upper respiratory tract to the lungs.
b. Force inspiration and expiration as in mouth to mouth respiration or by mechanical means like ventilator.
(3) A ventilator is a machine that supports breathing and is used during surgery, treatment for serious lung diseases or other conditions when normal breathing fails.
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