Deep breathing and coughing exercises

details description of deep breathing and coughing exercise

1. Deep Breathing and Coughing
Exercises
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Lecturer
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2. Deep breathing
•Deep breathing helps to expand the lung.
•Forces an improved distribution of the air into
all sections of the lungs.
•The patient either sits in a chair or sits upright
in bed before the exercise.

3. PROCEDURE OF DEEP BREATHING

17. COUGHING
•It includes gently or making short grunting
noises with the mouth slightly open which help
to loosen the mucus.
•Do this periodically throughout the procedure.
•Patients sit upright position and inhale deeply
through the nose.
•Then they exhale in short puffs or coughs.
•This procedure to be done repeatedly several
times.