how do i take care of my tracheostomy?
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This page from the American Head and Neck Society has home care instructions for changing the tube and cleaning the inner cannula:\nhttp://www.headandneckcancer.org/patienteducation/docs/tracheostomy.php
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apply pressure then a band aid
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How to properly clean, bandage, and take care of cuts. How to splint various body parts. CPR. Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation. How to treat and care for various wounds and prepare for trips to the nearest medical facility.
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Get the victim out of the water if you can do so safely. \nMonitor for breathing and pulse. If no breathing and no pulse, do CPR. If no breathing, but there is a pulse, do rescue breathing.If victim is breathing and has a pulse, put him or her in the recovery position. This position keeps the airway clear and allows swallowed water or vomit to drain. \nTake cold, wet clothes off the victim and cover him or her with something warm to prevent hypothermia.Get Emergency Care and give first aid before emergency care:
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prune juice..steer clear of medications..they encourage lazy bowels..eat more veges.happy motions to you.
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Well, here's my two cents: VACUUM\n\noops...sorry, I mean TENET\n\n:)\n\nTake care\n\nPeace
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Try treat each thing one by one. and try to live one day at a time. All the best
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You've got a long life ahead of you, Lord willing, so plan for the long term.  Educate yourself about nutrition, and eat *good* food.  (Learn about organic food here, too.) Step one here is to get rid of the junk in your diet.  Step two -- which needs to come very quickly -- is to find good-quality nutrition that also tastes good.  You *have* to do this, or you won't sustain the change in your diet (this is a pressure release valve: if you don't do it, you get tired of eating things you don't like and go back to eating good-tasting junk).  Step three is to do a little judicious cheating.  This is MANDATORY; I'm really not kidding here.  Pick a day, even if it's just once a month, and on that day eat anything you want.  (This is another pressure-release valve.)  Don't worry about diet pills; you eat right and exercise and your body will do the rest for you.  And you'll feel better, too, because you won't have a bunch of chemicals floating around in your system, and you won't have to keep taking pills to keep the weight off.\n\nNow for the 'getting into shape' part.  You can't do that by changing your diet; I don't care how healthy you eat.  You've got to exercise.  If you're looking for a cheap routine, there are a number of sources online that give the details of the Five Tibetans.  You could do that once a day to start.  After a couple of weeks, bump it up to twice; after a couple more weeks, to three times.  Don't overdo it -- 3 reps each exercise is plenty to start with, and go slowly.  Don't force anything, especially anything involving your spine, or you'll hurt yourself (this is a Bad Thing, because if you're hurt, it's harder to exercise).  Pay particular attention to how each exercise works your breathing.  When you start, just move slowly through the exercise with your lungs in neutral and see what happens to your breath.  You should notice that some movements cause inhalation, and others compress your lungs and cause you to exhale.  Use that information -- breathe with the movements, not against them.  If you want better-quality instruction and have some money to spend, check out Steve Barnes' Five Minute Miracle.  If you want more variety, look into Scott Sonnon's Flow-Fit and Intu-Flow programs. (Intu-Flow will also get you started with weight training, which is a good thing for fat loss as well.)  All of these start easily enough to be accessible to just about anyone.  With any of these, set yourself a goal of learning at least one new thing a week about your body, and when you do, write it down.  This will become a journal of insights about you and how you work -- a great tool, and a great encouragement on the bad days.\n\nNow this last bit may be a little hard to hear, but pay attention because it's critical to your success.  Real change that lasts is rarely sudden. There are ways to drop lots of weight, very quickly,  but there is almost no way to drop weight quickly *and keep it off.*  Patient, steady progress will give you better results than 100% all-out effort that exhausts you after a month.  Changing overnight is like quitting smoking -- as Mark Twain said, "It's easy; I've done it hundreds of times."  But change that sticks is slower and more careful.  Take the time to find a way to really accept each little bit of change into your lifestyle.  You can't afford to ignore the 'growing pains' caused by the change.  Pay attention to the inconveniences that each change creates and do your best to eliminate them.  Pay attention to the feelings of resentment or deprivation that may crop up and find a way to alleviate them.  All of this is how you actually get the change to be a comfortable part of your normal life, and it's why lasting change takes so long.  Put in the effort; you'll be glad you did.\nThe core problem here is that human beings crave stability at every level of ou
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Walk your tail off, That is what i had to do,  YOU DON'T WANT TO BE MEDICALLY INDUCED UNLESS IT IS NEEDED.  Walking helps alot
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Take a deep breath.  Take several deep breaths.\n\nWhere in the past have been good places for you to go and just enjoy yourself?  Do you even let yourself enjoy some time every day?  How do you take care of you?\n\nThink about something you like to do, something you liked to do as a child.  Something just feels good to you, that no one can criticize or take away from you.\n\nLet someone else deal with all the problems.  You need some time to take care of yourself.  What do you like?  What are the good things in your day?  What's your favorite color, your favorite food, favorite smell, happiest moment?  Do you even know?\n\nTake some time for yourself.  Breathe deeply from your stomach.  Read some feel-good books, like All Things Great and Small by James Herriot.\n\nTalk to someone who cares about you.  Give yourself a chance to be held and comforted.  You deserve it.
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Try taking up exercise - great for the body and soul\nStress management - take time out to do pleasurable activities\nReduce fats and sugar in your diet, increase veges and vitamin C uptake.\nBreath therapy - stop to conciously slow breathing\nSmile more frown less\nDrink plenty of water\n\nSee your doc, if pressure is very high - medication may be necessary in the short term\n\nbest of health
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Just relax and try not to worry- everything will be just fine.Try chewing gum and deep breathing.
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if you cant talk, air is not passing thru your trachea
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chew tobacco\neat something nasty
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Let it gradually digest, ,then don't smoke it. Just keping it real TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
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I would take some throat losenges with you and suck on them while your on! Or cough drops, hard candies, pepomints,them fruit breezers things from Halls work pretty well. Just try and keep your throat moist
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Very scientific.  I am a MAD SCIENTIST!  Keep your mouth shut when you are breathing....use yer nostrilz.  If you get too much air in your lungz, your body wants to force it eventually.  Practice deep breathing through your nostrils - it will relax you also.