Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
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Queen - I don't get the breathing tube thing on those masks, it looks like it'd make the patient gag cuz it looks long. Or is that just the angle of the photo? And can you use it on a child? Thanks for telling me about Galls, they've easily got the best prices on lots of stuff. (and another dumb question: if it's a one-way valve, how does the patient exhale? Do you have to let go of the mask?)
It just looks long in the pic, in reality it's only about 1.5 to 2 inches long. As far as the patient exhaling, it's not an airtight seal and the plastic has some rigidity so air escapes around the mask as soon as the mouth pressure is off.