1. What effect on the collapsed lung on the left side of the glass bell jar did
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Question
1. What effect on the collapsed lung on the left side of the glass bell jar did you observe when you closed the valve? How ell did the results compare with your prediction?
2. What emergency medical condition does opening the valve simulate?
3. In the last part of this activity you clicked the Reset button to draw the air out of the intrapleural space and return the lung to its normal resting condition. What emergency procedure would be used to achieve this result if these were the lungs in a living person?
4. What do you think would happen when the valve is opened if the two lungs were in a a single large cavity rather than separate cavities?
Explanation / Answer
1. The lung continued to be collapsed and didnot reinflate as there is change in pressure. My prediction was wrong i thought it will reinflate.
2.Pneumothorax,atelectasis
3.Chest tube insertion and needle aspiration can be done to remove the excess air .
4.If lungs were in a single large cavity will lead to collapse of both lungs .It is fatal
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