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Relearning to breathe
Kaiser’s pulmonary rehabilitation program puts patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the path to better health by teaching them to breathe as efficiently as possible. People whose breathing is compromised can take a six-week class that includes exercise and education on nutrition, breathing and medication.

Nice story of a successful pulmonary rehab program:
The Advocate – Pulmonary program thrives after 10 years
…Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, which began 10 years ago under Dr. Paul Sachs, director of pulmonary medicine at Stamford hospital. They celebrated the anniversary of the program to coincide with National Pulmonary Rehabilitation week, March 12-18.
“This program was wonderful,” said Burt, [...]

Centre Daily Times | 02/13/2006 | Pulmonary rehab brings hope to sufferers of lung disease
Ever increasing de-conditioning results in more shortness of breath, and so the vicious cycle continues. A comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program provides an educational forum about COPD, as well as supervised exercise under the watchful eye of a respiratory therapist and psychosocial [...]

An ad on the Super Bowl for asthmacontrol.com : watch it here:Jerome Bettis: Asthma Control Test – Google Video
Informaton about this ads: Produced by Advair for GlaxoSmithKline.
Asthma doesn’t stop The Bus, and it doesn’t have to stop you. Take the Asthma Control Test (TM) and share your results with your doctor. Take the Asthma Control [...]

This month, Kids Discover covers “Lungs!”
Sample text:
“They’re squishy like sponges and stretchy like balloons. You use them every day – and night, too – no matter what you’re doing. And, most likely, you never even think about them. They’re you’re lungs – those elastic bags with millions of tiny air pouches inside. All day long, [...]

Help for Seniors on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Posted on Web
The Website produced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide useful information on health specifically for seniors citizens continues to increase its content. Today, NIHSeniorHealth.gov adds information about the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth leading cause of [...]

This is an interesting use of the net to give patients information about how hospitals work. I know many times we would be understaffed and be working extra hard, but RTs generally work as teams and can call in one or two people and the slack will get picked up. Nurse staffing is much more [...]