Talking All Things Cardiopulm

Episode 62: Order of Operations for Optimizing Airway Clearance


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Ever wonder if there is a more effective strategy for helping patients clear their secretions? 

What you do and how you do that intervention matters, but what if when you did them, was even more important?

Join me in this episode, where we will break down the order of operations to optimize your treatment techniques and your patient’s mucus clearance.

 In this episode:

  • Importance of assessment techniques
  • Order of techniques to optimize mucus clearance
  • Breathing exercises: inspiratory holds, stacked breathing, active cycle of breathing, autogenic drainage
  • Postural Drainage
  • Precautions and relative contradictions to postural drainage
  • Huff Cough
  • Functional cough
  • Medication management and interdisciplinary coordination


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