Which of the following devices is considered to be the first electrically powered nega-tive-pressure ventilator?

a. The Bird
b. The iron lung
c. The chest cuirass
d. The rocking bed

ANS: B
The first electrically powered, negative-pressure ventilator was known as the "iron lung."

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