Cystic Fibrosis

mybuddycat · Jan 9, 2004

I am a pediatric pulmonary nurse. I have never heard of the Dr. discussing anything of this sort to treat CF kids. We are a national CF foundation clinic. I am not sure that I understand the rationale behind this. I know that the pt. need CPT from 1 to 4 times a day to help aid in getting rid of secretions. I would be curious to learn more about this. I will ask the Dr. that I am teamed with.

JessieP · Mar 12, 2004

SOme say it is b/c it puts pressure on the lungs to help with the secretions. I think a far more effective way is to massage the back.

ICU_nurse · Mar 26, 2004

i've never heard of it being used

my best friend (shes a CF kid) always found that physio worked best for her, and i never remember reading anything in her stash of papers about the heimlich manouver being used

if anyone finds anything, thatd be really interesting !

parko

UCDSICURN · Mar 27, 2004

I've heard that being used for quads to help them cough. No clue about CF kids though. I've only had one CF patient. We used the therapy vest (The one that shakes the crap outta of em), postural drainage with CPT (Trendelenberg while massaging the infiltrate areas), and inline breathing treatments (Including Tobramycin nebs) and a percussive type breathing treatment.

Donn C.