The Basics
The acronym COPD stands for______.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Enhabit clinicians use this scale when assessing a patient's shortness of breath during exercises or activities.
What is the Modified Borg Dyspnea scale.
Meant to be a lifetime resource, this is provided at every SOC.
What is the patient education book.
A lung disease patient would benefit from these disciplines.
What are ALL OF THEM!
This zone tool is included with the Lung Disease patient education book.
What is the breathing management zone tool.
Vital signs, edema, daily weights, heart and lung sounds are all part of this assessment.
What is cardiopulmonary.
Diaphragmatic and pursed lip are examples of this exercise that our clinicians help patients with.
What are breathing exercises.
When prospecting in Trella, these two respiratory diagnoses are often listed first.
What are COPD and Shortness of Breath.
This is the primary role of the lungs.
What is control of gas exchange.
This self assessment can be helpful in determining appropriate patients for HH.
What is the cardiopulmonary self assessment.
MDI, DPI, and SMI are all example of_______
What are inhalers. (Metered-Dose, Dry Powder, and Soft Mist)
This is the fourth leading cause of death in the USA with over 16 million cases.
Healthy levels of oxygen and _______ allow you to feel good and means everything is working well.
What is carbon dioxide.
The Modified Borg Dyspnea scale has this many levels.
What is 10
Balancing activity and rest, simplifying daily tasks, careful planning, and prioritization/delegation are all examples of this technique taught by our therapists.
What is energy conservation.
Our in-home pulmonary rehab focuses on disease education, medication education, and ______.
What is medical equipment education. (Spirometers, CPAP/BiPAP, the Breather)
This muscle is responsible for about 80% of the work of breathing.
What is the diaphragm.
The red zone is further broken down into these two categories.
What is urgent and emergency.
A patient must be able to demonstrate correct diaphragmatic and pursed lip breathing, and incentive spirometer use before progressing to this device with a physician's order.
What is the respiratory muscle trainer (The breather)
This report card pulls data from the vitals tab and nursing notes in HCHB on patients once this is selected.
What is the COPD or Cardiopulmonary care type.