cough assist

We were at the VA Hospital this afternoon for a pulmonary consult about the Bi-Pap and cough assist when my husband said he was going to pass out. He started sweating profusely, breathing hard, blood pressure dropped, and the doctor called for the rapid response team that escorted us with...

Hello. I need some advice or at least some thoughts. Laurence has had two chest infections over the past month, treated by antibiotics. And as I mentioned on a different thread we started using cough assist which was really beneficial in helping bring the phelghm up. His cough continues to...

Bruce is Bulbar, and having bad coughing problems, and the mucus seems like is just gobs of it. We are using the cough assist machine, and the suction maching, scopolamine patches, we have tried the mucinex, prescription cough syrup...none seems to be helping too much. I got a nebulizer today...

I am selling a cough assist. I would like $1,200 for it. I will pay for shipping costs in the continental US. It's an Emerson manual model.

All three of us have a cold. For me and Stan it is a minor issue. For Laurence, however, it could have been the end of the road. He simply could not cough up the secretions which have turned into a green infectious gunk. I knew a cold was coming some time (Stan is in the nursery and brings...

We are having a few issues at the moment, such as a cold/flu (all affected, cough assist came handy to help L cough up). But one 'new' thing I have noticed with Laurence is belching. At first, I thought there was something wrong with his voice (it keeps going up and down and he struggles to...

My husband recently is in need of the suction and cough assist machines. He ordered a suction machine online as soon as he got the prescription. A couple days later, when we realized it wasn't getting here soon enough, I called the local medical supply store, only to learn the following: 1)...

hannacat asked me this--I hope this is helpful (starting a thread for her) Hi, My husband has the bulbar form of als and I can talk about that but today our major problem is mucous. We are fortunate enough to have a Vest and a cough assist -both new to us. He has involuntary coughing and just...

Had a meeting with a very respected pulmonologist today.I have had some breathing issues at night and have been sleeping in my recliner for appox six weeks now.VA has a hospital bed due at my house tomorrow at noon.Had the breathing test today and my FVC in june was 87%,today 53%.He will be...

Bruce is is using the resperonic cough assist machine, it works fine, but the part that actually hooks to the machine, has that piece that has a filter to it. It looks nasty, how or do you clean it. She told me to clean the tubing with part vinegar and part water, the actual mask oiece could be...