Assisted Cough
(Quad Cough)By having someone assist you in coughing, your cough will be more forceful and productive and you will be able to both prevent and treat some respiratory complications by bringing up secretions normally present in the lung. Indications for an assisted cough are:
* Weak or ineffective cough, and/or
* Excessive secretionsReasons to avoid an assisted cough are:
* Pain
* Internal problems, such as abdominal complications, where pushing on the abdomen could cause more complications
* Chest injury ( broken ribs)
* Flail chest, where the chest has excessive mobility, usually due to paralysis of the muscles which control it.Method:
Assisted Cough
The Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development (IRRD)
at The Rehabilitation Centre (Ottawa)
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….Respiratory support should only be delivered when the patient wants it. Traditionally, it has been a matter of supplying a ventilation support that sustains a certain level of minute ventilation, but the ventilator must take care of the lung, chest wall and abdomen, and the work of breathing increases. The patient does not receive what he needs…..
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Dr. Christer Sinderby with a demonstration of NAVA
in operation at the Maquet Booth at the Las Vegas Conference.
