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Nebulizer Instructions — Asleep

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General Principles

[NOTE: If the nebulizer treatment is aversive, your patient will usually let you know by resisting and trying to push it away. If this happens, patiently encourage your patient and keep trying for a short time. If your patient continues, simply stop the treatment temporarily and try again after a break.]

Process

• When your patient has a pulmonary infection or breathing problems
• When there is a suspicion that your patient might have some pulmonary problems
• When your patient is having trouble exhaling — wheezing
• During certain seasons, use the nebulizer to avoid pulmonary problems or infections
• In these cases, use the nebulizer once or twice daily

Procedures

[NOTE: Nebulizer treatments during sleep should be used if your patient is too resistance to treatments while awake, or as a supplement during times of more serious respiratory problems.]

• Use the Pari LC PLUS Nebulizer cup, or equivalent
• Use Airlife Adult Aerosol Mask, or equivalent

• Be sure your patient is sound asleep before treatment — this usually takes about 20 minutes
• The best position (which is your patient's favorite when your patient first goes to sleep) is on your patient's right side in the Recovery Position
1. Connect the tubing to the compressor
• Insert one end of the Wing Tip tubing to the air outlet on the compressor
• It should fit snugly
2. Load the medication
1. Remove the nebulizer insert by twisting counter-clockwise until it stops and lift up
2. Pour the prescribed dose of medication into the nebulizer cup
3. Never fill past the max. fill line of 8ml for the LC PLUS
4. Replace the nebulizer insert making sure the two alignment rings are lined up with each other
3. Attach the tubing to the nebulizer cup
4. Attach the mask (the mouthpiece is not effective for treatment while asleep)
• Attach the mask to the nebulizer outlet with the nosepiece to one side
• Place the compressor on a secure surface — if he moves a certain way it can tip over
• Turn on, and hold the mask very close to your patient's mouth and nose, using the bed to rest it near your patient's face
• If your patient is resisting at all, consider pausing treatment until your patient falls asleep more deeply

[NOTE: There are three medications that can be used for nebulizer treatments, depending the condition of your patient's lungs or the severity of the problems at hand.]

→ CAUTION: Always carefully follow the prescription directions printed on the labels. When in doubt, consult the nursing staff. ←

• Budesonide
1. Administer Budesonide in a nebulizer at the first signs of lung congestion/wheezing
2. Do not use for upper airway congestion
3. Limit use to one day of early intervention, and switch to Levalbuterol if symptoms persist
• Levalbuterol

→ CAUTION: Do NOT use Albuterol. Your patient is allergic to it. Levalbuterol is a different medication, and is safe to use. ←



1. Administer Levalbuterol in a nebulizer if lung congestion/wheezing persist after the early intervention with Budesonide
2. If symptoms persist or get worse after one day, consult Mayo Clinic pulmonology
• Optional — Sodium Chloride Inhalation Solution, USP 0.9%
• In cases of mild respiratory problems, or prophylactically
• 1 vial exclusively in nebulizer for therapeutic effect
• In cases of moderate to severe respiratory problems
• Add Sodium Chloride to Levalbuterol in nebulizer treatment