摘要 |
A breathing apparatus for supplying breathable gas to a patient, having a housing which can be hand held by one hand, over the face of the patient and which incorporates a gas inlet on the housing, a gas outlet on the housing, a gas circuit within the housing, a switch on the housing by which gas can be either automatically supplied by the gas circuit to the gas outlet on a cyclic basis, or can be supplied continuously to a manually operable valve in the housing, and a trigger on the housing for controlling the supply of gas to the outlet through the manually operable valve. An attachment for a face mask, so that the face mask can be held in place, and the controls operated, by one hand, leaving the other hand free. |