How to Get Nebulizer Ready to Use

Video Transcript

"Now we're getting ready to actually use the nebulizer. The first step of course is you're going to be plugging it into the wall and you want to make sure that the outlet that you have is going to be able to support the needs of the machine. Obviously this is a 2 prong plug right here, the outlet that I have has a capability to take a 3 prong but it is not needed in this situation. So again to make sure that you have it correctly, it goes right in there. And as I've mentioned before, make sure that the cord is not laying on anything or near anything that is putting out a lot of heat because that of course could damage it; melt the plastic and all that and that would not be safe. Then the next thing we're going to do is to take this plastic tubing and connect it to the machine and in this particular type of tubing, both ends are the same. This may not be the case for all nebulizers so you want to take them next to each other, look at them and see if there's any difference. But this one you can plug either end into the machine. As you see right here, here is the part to plug it into. You want to make sure that you're not having to force it on. It should go on pretty easily. You want to make sure there's a snug fit there so that there's not any air that is going to escape. This is a good time too to just inspect your hose and make sure that it is not particularly dry, brittle, cracked, torn, that kind of thing. As you can see this one is in pretty good shape and I've connected there. Then we've got this part ready to connect to the part of the nebulizer that holds the medicine. What I'm going to do now is because the next step is going to be handling the medicine is I'm going to wash my hands which is always a good idea when you're handling any kind of medicine. And then we're ready to put the medicine in."