TACTICAL COMBAT BREATHING

Inhaling through your mouth to gain oxygen into your lungs, then slowly exhaling through your nose. This reduces noise, prevents fogging inside a protective mask, and increases the officer’s ability to breathe when contaminated with chemicals. Usage: nationwide by trainers.

Is also thought to help control an officers stress levels during critical incidents. Rapidly brings breathing down to a normal rate and allows an officer to focus and make clear decisions. Has been taught for a very long time often under different names, however the technique remains the same.

AKA, Autogenic breathing