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. 2022 Sep;78(Suppl 1):S335-S336.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

Avalung: A saviour in avalanche

Saurabh Sud  1 , Saurabh Bhardwaj  2 , Deepak Dwivedi  3
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Avalung: A saviour in avalanche

Saurabh Sud et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2022 Sep.
No abstract available

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The authors have none to declare.

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(A) The subject inhales and exhales through the mouth piece. White arrow denotes the inspired air and dark arrow denotes the expired air. (B) Inspired air enters thorough the one-way inspiratory valve. (C) Expired air passes through a one-way expiratory valve. (D) Harness which normally covers the one-way inspiratory and one-way expiratory valve. (E) Expired air travels through respiratory tubing and comes out at the back.
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