Module 7 of 40 · Text
Direct coughing and huff coughing
- Simple stuff
- Direct coughing is a forceful cough which requires pressure and has a high chance of closing off airways
- But can be used to remove secretions
- Inhale to max hold for 2-3 seconds than cough sharply 2-3 times
- Huff coughing is pretending to "fog up glasses" which is a low lung volume technique to remove secretions
- Inhale through mouth than exhale like you are fogging up a mirror
- Contraindications include
- Osteoprosis
- Hernia (hiatal)
- Pregnancy
- Acute abdominal pathology
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Acute unstable head, neck or spinal injury