NDD EasyOne Air Operator's Manual page 50

Performing spirometry
Operator's Manual V03 • EasyOne Air • EasyOne Connect
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 To perform the FVC breathing maneuver
1 Tell the patient to fill the lungs completely.
2 Tell the patient to take the EasyOne FlowTube into the mouth and to seal
the lips around the EasyOne FlowTube.
 The patient must not block the opening with the tongue or teeth or bite
down excessively on the EasyOne FlowTube.
3 Tell the patient to exhale as hard and as fast as possible and to continue
blowing out until the lungs are completely empty.
 While the patient performs the breathing maneuver, a feedback sound
indicates the effort of the patient. The harder the patient exhales, the
faster the feedback sound is repeated. When the patient exhales more
slowly towards the end, the feedback sound also gets slower.
 At the end of the trial, another feedback sound indicates whether the
trial is acceptable or not.
4 Tell the patient to take the EasyOne FlowTube out of the mouth and to
breathe normally again.
 If the trial is acceptable, the green quality message is displayed.
 If the trial is not acceptable, a yellow or red quality message is
displayed suggesting how to improve the breathing maneuver.
 To add trials
1 If you want to look at the details of this trial, choose Data.
 The report screen is displayed.
2 Choose Next.
3 Repeat the previous procedure To perform the FVC breathing maneuver
and this procedure To add trials until a green acceptability message is
displayed.
 After the third and every following trial, a red or a green acceptability
message is displayed with the quality grade for the test.
 After three acceptable trials, the test ends automatically and a green
acceptability message is displayed.
4 Choose Data.
 The report screen is displayed.
5 Choose End session.
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