How do I use my Aerobika device?
Instructions for Using Your Aerobika
- Put the mouthpiece in your mouth.
- With the mouthpiece still in your mouth, breathe in.
- With the mouthpiece still in your mouth, breathe out.
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 about 10 to 20 times.
- Take the mouthpiece out of your mouth and huff cough 2 to 3 times.
How do I set up an Aerobika?
Place the Aerobika mouthpiece in your mouth. Seal your lips tightly around the mouthpiece. Take in a fairly deep breath and hold it for about 2-3 seconds. Exhale actively (but not too forcefully) through the mouthpiece until you no longer hear the flutter.
How do you do a huff cough?
The Huff Coughing Technique:
- Sit up straight with chin tilted slightly up and mouth open.
- Take a slow deep breath to fill lungs about three quarters full.
- Hold breath for two or three seconds.
- Exhale forcefully, but slowly, in a continuous exhalation to move mucus from the smaller to the larger airways.
How does a flutter mucus clearance device work?
The Flutter device works by the patient exhaling into the device, this causes the ball-bearing inside the casing to vibrate. The vibrations travel back into the lungs, these vibrations loosen the mucus in the airways. Gentle coughing then removes the mucus.
How do you expectorate phlegm?
Hold the breath for 2-3 seconds. Use your stomach muscles to forcefully expel the air. Avoid a hacking cough or merely clearing the throat. A deep cough is less tiring and more effective in clearing mucus out of the lungs.
Why is a huff better than a cough?
Breathing in and holding it enables air to get behind the mucus and separates it from the lung wall so it can be coughed out. Huffing is not as forceful as a cough, but it can work better and be less tiring. Huffing is like exhaling onto a mirror or window to steam it up.
