The following information was entered into the computer: our initial, date-of-birth, gender and height in inches.
We put a nose clip on to prevent air leakage out of the nose. We waited with our mouth off the mouthpiece to allow the pneumotach to equilibrate. When given a notification, we sealed our mouth onto the mouthpiece and started with tidal breathing.
When the computer sensed stable tidal breathing, we were given the permission to take a large inhalation of air, exhale completely and return to tidal breathing.
The SVC report was printed.
With a copy of the