{"id":279,"date":"2019-11-20T11:14:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T01:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2019-11-20T11:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T01:14:15","slug":"world-copd-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/factors-affecting-breathlessness\/world-copd-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World COPD Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this day World COPD Day 2019,\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/goldcopd.org\/world-copd-day\/<\/a>\u00a0bringing awareness of COPD, it’s important to remember some key self management strategies that you need in the community to prevent unnecessary admissions and stay at home independently:<\/p>\n

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  1. COPD plans<\/strong> must be filled in by your allied health professional or GP to better understand how and when your medications are to be used and left where family\/housemates are aware of your needs when you are too breathless to talk yourself.<\/li>\n
  2. Correct inhaler device and spacer<\/strong> use means the medication is effectively going into your lungs and not lining your mouth and causing side effects such as thrush. Asthma relievers if used more than 2 in 7 days is not under control, please seek help from your GP or your breath management health professional.\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Breathing techniques<\/strong> that take the work out of breathing and reduce recovery times post activity keep you moving through the day for longer.<\/li>\n
  4. Exercise<\/strong> is an important way of preventing deconditioning. Less exercise\/ activity can lead to more breathlessness.<\/li>\n
  5. Meaningful activity<\/strong> engagement whether it be household chores, hobbies or social engagement are important motivators that keep us moving.<\/li>\n
  6. Use oxygen as prescribed<\/strong> – exertional oxygen during activity, nocturnal oxygen while sleeping or continuous long term oxygen for at least 18hrs.<\/li>\n
  7. Bush fire\u00a0smoke reduction –\u00a0<\/b>close doors and windows, air conditioning on recycle, rest and hydrate, avoid strenuous exercise, P2 respirator masks, emergency evacuation plan to reduce exposure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On this day World COPD Day 2019,\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/goldcopd.org\/world-copd-day\/\u00a0bringing awareness of COPD, it’s important to remember some key self management strategies that you need in the community to prevent unnecessary admissions and stay at home independently: COPD plans must be filled in by your allied health professional or GP to better understand how and when your medications … Continue reading World COPD Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4,24,33],"tags":[21,5,16,15,30,44],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breathing","category-factors-affecting-breathlessness","category-health-education","category-health-words","tag-activity","tag-breathing","tag-breathlessness","tag-exercise","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}