How to Promote Proper Breathing
Breathing properly is important for several reasons. It prevents the lungs from collapsing, leading to a condition like pneumonia, and oxygenates the blood adequately. In situations where a person has gone through abdominal surgery, breathing may become painful and a few techniques can be taught to help him breathe better. People with respiratory diseases ,can also benefit from breathing techniques.
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Teach your client the importance of breathing properly and let her know about the breathing techniques you will teach him. Educate her on the ways in which the breathing techniques will promote better breathing.
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Teach positioning. Teach your client to reduce the work required to breathe by doing the following: raise the head of his bed or position herself in a sitting position. Teach your client to sit up and lean over a table to breathe easier.
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Teach your client diaphragmatic breathing. Ask your client to assume a comfortable position, sitting, standing or lying down. Tell him to relax his muscles.
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Ask her to place one hand on his chest and the other on her abdomen just above her waist. Inform her that she should feel her hand move when she breathes.
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Tell your client to breathe in deeply through his nose and make sure he sees the hand on his abdomen going upward and outward. The other hand should not move.
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Ask your client to purse her lips and breath out slowly through her mouth as if she were blowing through a straw. Tell her she should observe the hand on her abdomen moving inward toward her back.
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Inform your client to practice diaphragmatic breathing for 10 to 15 minutes each day. Let him know he can take breaks, if needed, between breaths.
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