Manual assisted coughing, also known as "quad coughing," is a method to help people with spinal cord injuries clear their airways. Learn this important life-saving skill in our short video....

An assisted cough (or cough assist) is a way to help a person who cannot cough well clear the airway of mucous. After some spinal cord injuries the ability to cough is weak or absent. This can be a problem because the person will not be able to clear mucous out of the throat or lungs.

Quad Coughing . Quad coughing helps clear secretions from your airway. You will need a helper to apply a directed push to help strengthen your cough. If needed, a nurse or respiratory therapist can help you learn how to do quad coughing. Steps for the Helper 1. The patient can be on their back in bed or sitting up in a chair, with the chair ...

What Is Assisted Coughing? Assisted coughing, also known as “quad coughing,” is a method to help people with SCI clear their airways. Assisted coughing is extremely important, and anyone who assumes responsibility for monitoring the safe breathing of a person with SCI must be taught how to properly perform this function.

(Quad Cough) By having someone assist you in coughing, your cough will be more forceful and productive and you will be able to both prevent and treat some respiratory complications by bringing up secretions normally present in the lung. Indications for an assisted cough are: * Weak or ineffective cough, and/or * Excessive secretions

This video demonstrates the technique of quad cough which is used on patient that are unable to generate sufficient force due to paralysis or weakness. This ...

2019年3月19日 · In this video, Brad shows a couple of techniques to assist Adam in producing a cough forceful enough to clear his lungs. QLI Physical Therapist Brad Dexter and resident Adam discuss the uses...

2017年3月13日 · “A quad cough is putting pressure on the abdomen during forced exhalation.” The technique often helps quadriplegics cough up secretions, and it can be performed either by yourself or with assistance from someone else.

If you have enough strength and balance, you may be able to do a self-assisted cough. A self-assisted cough is done while you're sitting up in a bed or chair. If you are in a wheelchair, be sure to put the brakes on and use the seat belt. Wait 30 minutes after a meal before you do an assisted cough. Use these steps to do a self-assisted cough.

2017年2月17日 · Manually Assisted Quad Coughing [kwod] A form of assisted coughing for patients with central nervous system disorders such as spinal cord injury who are unable to generate sufficient force to clear respiratory secretions.