How to Write Patient Teaching Plans for Peak Flow Meters
Peak flow meters are used to measure the rate of air flow as a patient exhales. These readings can be helpful in diagnosing and monitoring asthma and in evaluating the effectiveness of bronchodilators...
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How to Write Patient Teaching Plans for Peak Flow Meters
Before writing patient teaching plans for the peak flow meter, it's important to understand how the peak flow meter works. Discover how to read a peak respiratory flow meter according to established...
View ArticleWhat Is a Peak Flow Meter?
A device known as a peak flow meter has been used for more than fifty years by the medical community. A valuable tool in the fight against asthma and other breathing related problems, the peak flow...
View ArticleHow to Buy a Peak Flow Meter
A peak flow meter is a breathing device used to measure the strength of an individual's exhalation. The meter helps to determine whether an individual with a respiratory illness such as asthma needs to...
View ArticleTypes of Peak Flow Meters
Many people have no idea what a peak flow meter is. Asthmatics may have heard the term, but may not know very much about what it does. Proper use of a peak flow meter can help an asthmatic take control...
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What Does a Peak Flow Meter Measure?
A peak flow meter allows you to measure your ability to breathe. It provides you information about how well you're breathing but also helps to predict when an asthma episode is approaching. By using a...
View ArticleHow to Use Oxygen Flow Meters
Oxygen flow meters can be attached to any portable oxygen tank or stationary oxygen machine. The meter measures the amount of oxygen in liters per minute being produced and flowing to the oxygen user....
View ArticleHow to Use an Oxygen Flow Meter
Oxygen flow meters are used on portable oxygen tanks and stationary oxygen concentrators to measure the amount of oxygen reaching the patient or oxygen tank user. Oxygen flow meters are most commonly...
View ArticleHow to Determine Peak Flow Meter Ranges in Asthma
The peak flow meter is a small plastic device used by asthmatics and sufferers of pulmonary conditions to measure breathing regularity. When used daily, a peak flow meter can chart a patient's...
View ArticleHow to Use a Peak Flow Meter to Monitor Asthma
A peak flow meter can help to monitor asthma by providing information regarding how well your lungs are functioning. The information provided helps to evaluate the effectiveness of medication to...
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How to Change Oxygen Cylinders Safely
Oxygen cylinders are used every day in hospitals, homes and ambulances. They come in various sizes, depending upon the needs of the patient. Smaller “e-cylinders” are often used with home-health...
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How to Change Oxygen Cylinders
Oxygen cylinders are frequently used with home health patients for transportation and as a backup for electrically powered oxygen systems. The fact that they are self-contained, use no power and are...
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How to Assess a Peak Flow Meter Reading
A peak flow meter measures how much air you can push out of your lungs with maximum effort, or the "peak flow" of your respiratory system. Regularly monitoring your peak flow can help you determine how...
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What Is Tactile Fremitus?
Tactile fremitus, also known as pectoral fremitus or vocal fremitus, is the vibration that occurs on someone's chest when speaking, making a sound or breathing. If the vibration is not felt on one side...
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How to Measure Oxygen Flow Meter
In hospitals, flow meters measure the flow of oxygen to the patient's mask or cannula, the plastic tubing with two prongs that fit in the nostrils. You will see the flow meter attached to the hospital...
View ArticleHow to Connect Moisture Tubing to Oxygen Tubing
Connecting a moisture system to someone on continuous oxygen will provide them with some comfort. This person may be a hospitalized patient or at home, but in either case, oxygen therapy can be quite...
View ArticleMotorized Potentiometer Uses
A variable resistor is called a potentiometer. It resists the flow of electric current in various electric circuits like speed controls, recording devices, flow meters, "tensioning"...
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How to Read an Airlife Asthma Check Peak Flow Meter
Peak flow meters measure peak expiratory flow of air from an asthmatic's lungs. According to Web MD, peak flow meters can be used in the short term to diagnose oncoming asthma symptoms, as well as long...
View ArticleDisadvantages of a Peak Flow Meter
A peak flow meter is a small tool that is used by asthma sufferers to check on the strength of their exhalations and gauge how well their lungs are functioning. While helpful and useful, peak flow...
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Peak Flow Meter Instructions
People with asthma or other lung diseases need to be able to track their lung function. A peak flow meter is a simple tool that measures air flow from a patient's lungs. The measurement is called the...
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