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  2. Bag valve mask - Wikipedia

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    Bag valve mask. Part 1 is the flexible mask to seal over the patients face, part 2 has a filter and valve to prevent backflow into the bag (prevents patient deprivation and bag contamination) and part 3 is the soft bag element which is squeezed to expel air to the patient

  3. Electrical conduit - Wikipedia

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    Unlike water piping, if the conduit is to be watertight, the idea is to keep water out, not in. In this case, gaskets are used with special fittings, such as the weatherhead leading from the overhead electrical mains to the electric meter. Flexible metal conduit usually uses fittings with a clamp on the outside of the box, just like bare cables ...

  4. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Firehose on a fire engine that has one end connected to a pump outlet, and usually a nozzle on the other end. May also be a preconnected inlet hose (e.g., soft suction). Reduces steps at scene of fire. Pulaski A tool that combines an axe and a mattock in one head, similar to that of the cutter mattock, with a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or ...

  5. List of video connectors - Wikipedia

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    Three RCA connectors - yellow for composite video, and white and red for stereo audio RCA connector: Widely used in consumer electronics for audio and video. A single connector must be used for each signal. SCART: Consumer electronics, mostly in Europe. Carries analog stereo sound, along with composite video and/or RGB video.

  6. Standpipe (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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    External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...

  7. Compression fitting - Wikipedia

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    A compression fitting 15 mm isolating valve. A compression fitting is a fitting used in plumbing and electrical conduit systems to join two tubes or thin-walled pipes together. . In instances where two pipes made of dissimilar materials are to be joined (most commonly PVC and copper), the fittings will be made of one or more compatible materials appropriate for the connect

  8. Audio and video interfaces and connectors - Wikipedia

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    A VGA connector. Video connectors carry only video signals. Common video-only connectors include: Component video aka YPbPr (3 RCA or BNC; or D-Terminal) Composite video (1 RCA, Antenna socket, or BNC) DB13W3 ("13W3" computer video connector) DMS-59, single connector carrying two DVI and two VGA

  9. Emergency medical responder - Wikipedia

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    This training can be completed in twenty-four to sixty hours. This training can be conducted by an EMT-basic with some field experience, which is a resource available in-house for many volunteer fire departments which do not have the resources or funds to conduct full EMT training. EMR training is intended to fill the gap between first aid and EMT.