CPAP machines

Nighttime breathing aids

CPAP machines are devices that deliver continuous positive airway pressure to keep airways open during sleep.

They're the standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, where throat tissues collapse and block breathing.

The machine pumps air through a hose to a mask worn over the nose or mouth: He can't sleep without his CPAP machine.

Users often report dramatically better sleep once they adjust to wearing the mask.

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Opposites
respiratory intervention type

CPAP machinesoxygen tanks

Portable compressed breathing supply

supplemental oxygen · nasal cannula · ventilators · nebulizers · inhalers

breathing assistance vs. obstruction

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Fatal lack of air

asphyxiation · airway blockage · smothering

airway management approach

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Surgically created airway opening

tonsillectomy

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