| Title | Both Tank Respirator (Iron lung) in ACHHA collection at Rockhampton Heritage Village |
| Description | Photograph of a Both Tank Respirator ('Iron Lung') in the ACHHA equipment collection in the Country Hospital Museum at the Rockhampton Heritage Village. The respirator was presented to the Rockhampton Hospital by Lord Nuffield in 1938. It was recently in working order but currently has a split air hose. The respirator consists of a 'tank' in which the patient is placed with a flexible sealing collar around the neck. The tanks is connected by a hose to the cylindrical bellows on the lower right hand side of the photograph. As the electric motor operates the bellows, air is drawn out of the tank, lowering the pressure so that the patient's lungs expand, drawing air through the nose and throat ie the patient breathes in. As the pressure is allowed to rise to atmospheric pressure, the lungs are compressed, thus causing the patient to breathe out. This type of respirator is called a 'negative pressure respirator'. |
| Publisher | Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc |
| Source (Original) | Photograph taken by Errol Payne |
| Coverage - Spatial | Heritage Village, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Format of Original | Photograph image: col (2.2 MB 2000x3008 pixels) |
| Rights | This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc. |
