My husband has a trachiostomy following a stroke. Here in the U.K. Hospitals occasionally pass the suction tube lower to induce a cough, especially in the case of chest infection. In the high dependency unit soon after the stroke, his body would be thrown about with the force of suctioning... Seemed like torture...The specialist care home he now resides in are much gentler. Thank you for doing these videos they have helped us both enormously, God Bless you.
Thank you for sharing. I am sorry your husband has been through so much. I am happy to hear the home where he now resides is much gentler. Thank you for your kindness. I am glad the videos have been helpful. All my best to you and your husband.
When I had a trach temporarily I soon learned to only advance the suction hose just so far for best results and less discomfort. Besides advancing the suction hose too far puts you past any mucus build up. Nice video gal, I hope your infection and pneumonia are getting cleared up. Take care God Bless Russ
My mom is on coma and home care, me being the primary care provider,hence I have to do suction for her.Sinfe she can't say her discomfort I take her cough and visible stress as indicators of how much it is hurting and how far I should go.Thanks for your video.. this helps.
والل God is very valuable information. When I suction my daughter, when I hear a cough, I stop and pull out the catheter. Is this good or wrong? I hope for your advice. Thank you.
عندما تسمع ابنتك تسعل ، تكون القسطرة قد أصابت الجزء العلوي من رئتيها. قد ترغب في عدم دفع القسطرة بعيدا في مجرى الهواء. When you hear your daughter cough, the catheter has hit the top part of her lungs. You may want to not push the catheter so far into her airway.
Wonderful video. To all those who have experienced or performed suctioning - how many times per day did you do it? I do it for my father and sometimes it is 4 times a day and some days it is 8-10 times
The number of times per day to suction depends on how much mucus he has. It sounds as though you are doing a great job. Does he use an inner cannula? If so, you can change the inner cannula instead of suctioning if there are secretions. Running 5 milliliters of saline through a nebulizer 1-2 times a day will also help clear secretions from the airway, which in turn may require less suctioning.
@@LifewithaVent yes he does have an inner cannula but I don’t know how to change that - his doctors do that mostly. Unfortunately, his stoma wound has not healed yet (been three months) as a result of skin damage due to radiotherapy and chemotherapy after cancer. And yes thank you for mentioning saline water - we do that twice daily and then a few other nebulizers too as prescribed. Thank you very much for replying, I am so grateful I found your channel.
I have tried a cough assist. It works great for some people. For other people, it is not very useful. It For me, the cough assist did not help when I used when healthy. However, when I get sick with a respiratory infection, it helps a lot.
Do I still need to suction my father when he can already cough? His pulmo says no need to suction if he can cough while the RT says he still needs suctioning..😢
Thank you for your question. The inside of the tracheostomy tube will accumulate mucus. Most of the time, this mucus will be very thick and will be very hard to cough up. If you wish not to suction your father, moisture will need to be added to the mucus in the tracheosotmy tube to make it thin enough to cough up. I can still cough. This is what I do to avoid suctioning. I place 5 milliliters of saline into the nebulizer cup. I then attach the nebulizer to my tracheostomy tube and run the nebulizer one to two times a day. This will add moisture to the mucus in the tracheostomy tube and will make it possible to cough up the mucus. If I am sick with a respiratory illness or if I notice there seems to be a lot of mucus in my tracheostomy tube, I will run 5 milliliters of saline through the nebulizer several times a day. If you do not wish to use a nebulizer with saline, then you will need to suction your father to clear his tracheostomy tube of mucus.
@@LifewithaVent Thank you for replying. His nebule medications(Duavent and Budecort) were already changed to as needed so once or twice a day, I just use saline for nebulization. We live in a humid country, south east asia, I am not sure if it helps with his trache but thankfully, he never had mucus so thick that it could plug the trache.
My husband has a trachiostomy following a stroke. Here in the U.K. Hospitals occasionally pass the suction tube lower to induce a cough, especially in the case of chest infection. In the high dependency unit soon after the stroke, his body would be thrown about with the force of suctioning... Seemed like torture...The specialist care home he now resides in are much gentler.
Thank you for doing these videos they have helped us both enormously, God Bless you.
Thank you for sharing. I am sorry your husband has been through so much. I am happy to hear the home where he now resides is much gentler. Thank you for your kindness. I am glad the videos have been helpful. All my best to you and your husband.
When I had a trach temporarily I soon learned to only advance the suction hose just so far for best results and less discomfort. Besides advancing the suction hose too far puts you past any mucus build up. Nice video gal, I hope your infection and pneumonia are getting cleared up. Take care God Bless Russ
Thank you for sharing. That is great insight. Yes, I am on the road to recovery. Thank you for your kindness. I hope you are doing well.
My mom is on coma and home care, me being the primary care provider,hence I have to do suction for her.Sinfe she can't say her discomfort I take her cough and visible stress as indicators of how much it is hurting and how far I should go.Thanks for your video.. this helps.
Thank you for sharing. I am glad the video was helpful. All my best to you and your mom.
I wish shallow suctioning was effective for me. Luckily, I’ve only had one nurse advance the catheter too aggressively and cause pain
Thank you for sharing. I am sorry you had pain from the nurse advancing the catheter too far.
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Thank you for watching.
So sorry for this person. Wish he would have seen your video to know the problem
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Very informative ❤
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You are awesome love your videos you are always
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والل God is very valuable information. When I suction my daughter, when I hear a cough, I stop and pull out the catheter. Is this good or wrong? I hope for your advice. Thank you.
عندما تسمع ابنتك تسعل ، تكون القسطرة قد أصابت الجزء العلوي من رئتيها. قد ترغب في عدم دفع القسطرة بعيدا في مجرى الهواء.
When you hear your daughter cough, the catheter has hit the top part of her lungs. You may want to not push the catheter so far into her airway.
Wonderful video. To all those who have experienced or performed suctioning - how many times per day did you do it? I do it for my father and sometimes it is 4 times a day and some days it is 8-10 times
The number of times per day to suction depends on how much mucus he has. It sounds as though you are doing a great job. Does he use an inner cannula? If so, you can change the inner cannula instead of suctioning if there are secretions. Running 5 milliliters of saline through a nebulizer 1-2 times a day will also help clear secretions from the airway, which in turn may require less suctioning.
@@LifewithaVent yes he does have an inner cannula but I don’t know how to change that - his doctors do that mostly. Unfortunately, his stoma wound has not healed yet (been three months) as a result of skin damage due to radiotherapy and chemotherapy after cancer. And yes thank you for mentioning saline water - we do that twice daily and then a few other nebulizers too as prescribed. Thank you very much for replying, I am so grateful I found your channel.
@@lovleensharma2830 Thank you for sharing. It sounds as though you are doing a great job! All my best to you and your father.
Have you ever tried a cough assist machine? Do you think it's a good alternative? I hate suctioning my mom, I want to use the cough
machine instead.
I have tried a cough assist. It works great for some people. For other people, it is not very useful. It For me, the cough assist did not help when I used when healthy. However, when I get sick with a respiratory infection, it helps a lot.
When i had my trach I really disliked getting suctioned. Horrible feeling
Yes, I agree. I also do not like suctioning.
Do I still need to suction my father when he can already cough? His pulmo says no need to suction if he can cough while the RT says he still needs suctioning..😢
Thank you for your question.
The inside of the tracheostomy tube will accumulate mucus. Most of the time, this mucus will be very thick and will be very hard to cough up. If you wish not to suction your father, moisture will need to be added to the mucus in the tracheosotmy tube to make it thin enough to cough up.
I can still cough. This is what I do to avoid suctioning. I place 5 milliliters of saline into the nebulizer cup. I then attach the nebulizer to my tracheostomy tube and run the nebulizer one to two times a day. This will add moisture to the mucus in the tracheostomy tube and will make it possible to cough up the mucus.
If I am sick with a respiratory illness or if I notice there seems to be a lot of mucus in my tracheostomy tube, I will run 5 milliliters of saline through the nebulizer several times a day.
If you do not wish to use a nebulizer with saline, then you will need to suction your father to clear his tracheostomy tube of mucus.
@@LifewithaVent Thank you for replying. His nebule medications(Duavent and Budecort) were already changed to as needed so once or twice a day, I just use saline for nebulization. We live in a humid country, south east asia, I am not sure if it helps with his trache but thankfully, he never had mucus so thick that it could plug the trache.
@@iamhappy_peach Thank you for sharing. I hope all goes well with caring for your father.
I Hate suctioning.
Me too.