Take the prescription to a local home care company. To replace the Acapella DM (blue) or DH (green) you need a prescription from your local health care provider. Replace the mouthpiece when the unit is completely dry and ready for use.Place each piece downward or rest the unit on its side. Note: The Acapella should not be placed in the automatic dishwasher, boiled or bleached. OR Clean mouthpiece and body with hydrogen peroxide – soak both parts in 3 percent hydrogen peroxide for 30 minutes. The mouthpiece and body need to be washed.Ĭlean the mouthpiece and body of the Acapella daily with liquid dish detergent – Rinse with water.Ĭlean the mouthpiece and body with alcohol – soak both parts in 70 percent isopropyl alcohol for 5 minutes. Take the mouthpiece off the Acapella body.If you use a short-acting inhaled bronchodilator, use the Acapella 15 minutes after you inhale the medicine. Your health care provider will tell you how many times a day to use the Acapella.Repeat steps 1 through 7 for 15 minutes 2 to 4 times a day (or as prescribed by your health care provider).
Follow this by normal breathing and a deep cough if you feel mucus moving.
FLUTTER VALVE DEVICE SERIES
Take a breath that is slightly deeper than normal. Use your stomach muscles to make a series of 3 rapid exhalations with the airway open, making a “ha, ha, ha” sound.
Place the Acapella mouthpiece in your mouth. Seal your lips tightly around the mouthpiece.Take in a fairly deep breath and hold it for about 3 seconds.Your health care provider will show you postural drainage positions to use if these are recommended. Postural drainage positions include lying flat on your back, flat on your side and alternating sides. Sometimes we may have you lie in a postural drainage position to use the Acapella. Sit up with good posture to use the Acapella.It helps in loosening up the mucus, which then makes it easier for the lungs to cough them off. Rotate the end toward – (minus) to decrease resistance. A flutter valve is a device used to clear the lungs with mucus and makes breathing easier. Rotate the end toward the + (plus) to increase resistance. Your health care provider will set the dial when you get your Acapella. Assure proper setting of the dial on the end of the Acapella.
FLUTTER VALVE DEVICE HOW TO
How to Clean and Care for the Acapella (green or blue) The Acapella ® airway clearance device is a technique to help mobilize mucus from the airways. If the mucus is allowed to collect in the airways, breathing may become difficult and infection may occur. People with some lung conditions, such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, mycobacterial disease and bronchiectasis often produce a large amount of mucus.
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