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An iron lung is a large, cylindrical machine that uses negative pressure to help a person breathe. It surrounds the patient's body and forces the chest to expand, pulling air in...
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An iron lung is a form of negative pressure ventilator that helped people breathe when their muscles could not. The torso rests inside a sealed tank; pumps remove air to create...
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An iron lung is a form of negative pressure ventilator that helped people breathe when their muscles could not, notably during polio outbreaks in the 20th century. For Pablo Ale...
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‘Iron lung guy’ is typically used to describe a person who gained widespread attention while using an iron lung, a historic negative-pressure ventilator. This profile explai...
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The phrase “man in the iron lung” usually refers to people with paralyzed breathing muscles during epidemics, most often polio patients in the mid-20th century. An iron lung...
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Iron lungs persist in limited but meaningful use, primarily for long-term respiratory support when modern ventilators are unsuitable. Most current users are polio survivors in h...
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