{"id":286,"date":"2020-03-09T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T06:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2020-03-09T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T07:23:05","slug":"breathing-well-checklist-for-covid-19-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/uncategorized\/breathing-well-checklist-for-covid-19-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathing Well Checklist  for COVID-19 Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been a lot of media in the last few weeks that would make even the strongest person feel worried. But to keep it simple here are a few tips I will be sharing with my regulars that I thought would be useful for pulmonary\/respiratory\/cardiac\/anyone with breathing problems, breathlessness, or shortness of breath difficulties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Know your triggers <\/strong>&#8211; awareness of what sets off your breathlessness is pivotal in forming a management plan. Knowing your own symptoms and having your COPD\/Asthma management plan in place is a starting point. <a href=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Information-paper-COPD-Action-Plan-Kit-Feb2019.pdf\">https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Information-paper-COPD-Action-Plan-Kit-Feb2019.pdf<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/asthma.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/341-NAC-Written-Asthma-Action-Plan-2015_Colour.pdf\">https:\/\/asthma.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/341-NAC-Written-Asthma-Action-Plan-2015_Colour.pdf<\/a><\/li><li>Make sure your <strong>scripts are up to date<\/strong> and you have a supply of medication with your spacer with you ready when needed.<\/li><li><strong>Know your inhaler technique<\/strong> &#8211; if you need to check then go to the Lung Foundation website to view videos on how to be effective in using your devices or ask your allied health professional. <a href=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/resources\/?search=technique\">https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/resources\/?search=technique<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Hand Hygiene<\/strong> &#8211;  important in reducing the risk of infection. Check out this Department of Health publication on how to wash your hands. It should take you 15-20 seconds to complete the task of hand washing, try singing a song with your children to help them stay at the basin longer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.health.gov.au\/internet\/main\/publishing.nsf\/Content\/A1CCE88EB168930CCA257E35007F6927\/$File\/wash_dry_hands.pdf\">https:\/\/www1.health.gov.au\/internet\/main\/publishing.nsf\/Content\/A1CCE88EB168930CCA257E35007F6927\/$File\/wash_dry_hands.pdf<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Cough Etiquette<\/strong> is equally important &#8211; coughing into your hand and then spreading the infection through touch can simply be avoided by following precautions such as using a tissue or coughing into your sleeve. Check out this poster at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nqphn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/00883-Cough-etiquette-poster-A3.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nqphn.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/00883-Cough-etiquette-poster-A3.pdf<\/a> <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spend the time making new healthy habits, lowering your risk and improving your self management. Remember to keep a look out for Part 2 of this article..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a lot of media in the last few weeks that would make even the strongest person feel worried. But to keep it simple here are a few tips I will be sharing with my regulars that I thought would be useful for pulmonary\/respiratory\/cardiac\/anyone with breathing problems, breathlessness, or shortness of breath difficulties: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/uncategorized\/breathing-well-checklist-for-covid-19-part-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Breathing Well Checklist  for COVID-19 Part One<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,24,33,13,1],"tags":[16,53,52,46,51,50,49,48],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breathing","category-health-education","category-health-words","category-lung-foundation","category-uncategorized","tag-breathlessness","tag-coronavirus","tag-cough-etiquette","tag-covid-19","tag-hand-hygiene","tag-inhaler-technique","tag-self-management","tag-virus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","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=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}