Yeah these are fun. Men (and some women) in my family have hearty lung capacity. My dad was a lifelong smoker and always passed this for respirator use during his annual physical. I actually surprised a nurse once with the highest score she'd seen in 20 years on the job. It's not particularly useful, unless one of us wishes to be heard from about a county away lol.
Serious answer: having been subjected to this by my pulmonologist annually for years, they do multiple runs (often including runs after a rescue inhaler is administered), and it's about precisely comparing the results - so no, they don't trust people to pinch their own noses 🙂
Long day? Dented cranium keeping you down? Well head on down to Melva's High Tech Seances where we'll let you kill a ghost with your own breath. Do not inhale while using the device as your own soul will be destroyed.
Right?! The worst part for me is that there is absolutely no resistance to breathing out. I mentally expected it to feel like blowing up a balloon or something, but it's just an open tube
24 Comments
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 78d
That's how I look at patients when I'm encouraging them
socsa@piefed.social · 30 pts · 78d
Yes. Vaguely aroused but also annoyed.
OpenStars@piefed.social · 7 pts · 78d
Oh yeah that's the stuff - now just hold that pose for a few seconds, I'm almost there...
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 78d
Just don't lick your fingers afterwards
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Gotta love being responsible for sexual predators. Never rare, never gets old
Sergio@piefed.social · 19 pts · 78d
Worst bong ever.
Trex202@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 78d
It's obviously a vape, with a dosage printout
Etterra@discuss.online · 12 pts · 77d
Yeah these are fun. Men (and some women) in my family have hearty lung capacity. My dad was a lifelong smoker and always passed this for respirator use during his annual physical. I actually surprised a nurse once with the highest score she'd seen in 20 years on the job. It's not particularly useful, unless one of us wishes to be heard from about a county away lol.
pageflight@piefed.social · 11 pts · 78d
Are people not trusted to pinch their own noses?
geekwithsoul@piefed.social · 30 pts · 78d
Serious answer: having been subjected to this by my pulmonologist annually for years, they do multiple runs (often including runs after a rescue inhaler is administered), and it's about precisely comparing the results - so no, they don't trust people to pinch their own noses 🙂
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 78d
This is just marketing material from Big Nose Clip
Gutek8134@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d
Raising soft palate > pinching
bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 77d
Is there a joke?
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 10 pts · 78d
Long day? Dented cranium keeping you down? Well head on down to Melva's High Tech Seances where we'll let you kill a ghost with your own breath. Do not inhale while using the device as your own soul will be destroyed.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 78d
POV you drunkenly sent messages on TEAMS and how HR has a lockout device on your laptop
buttmasterflex@piefed.social · 6 pts · 78d
Man, I hated doing that for OSHA respirator clearance
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 78d
For real this shit is the worst. I didn't know exhaling could be painful until doing this. And they make you do it so many times!
buttmasterflex@piefed.social · 2 pts · 77d
Right?! The worst part for me is that there is absolutely no resistance to breathing out. I mentally expected it to feel like blowing up a balloon or something, but it's just an open tube
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 77d
Yeah! On a mental level it makes the entire exercise feel pointless.
bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 77d
Acshuallly - the patient should sit in a little glass booth with closed door, and I have no idea why
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 76d
Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 76d
Getting ready to do this test right now!
Update. This is the apparatus I used for my test. Also, you don't plug your nose.
Cattail@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d
Suck on this fart Jacob
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 76d
A measurement technique that doubles as a score is absolutely terrible.