Health care equipment
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Bivona Adult Fome-Cuf Tracheostomy Tube
The kind I use (7mm; smallest available is 5 mm).
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Chest vest --
"The Vest"
To delay disease progression, excess secretions must be
mobilized and cleared. The Vest™ system uses a technology
called high-frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO). The
system has an inflatable vest connected by tubes to a
generator. During therapy, the vest inflates and deflates
rapidly, applying gentle pressure to the chest wall. This
works to loosen and thin mucus and to move it toward the
larger airways, where it can be cleared by coughing or
suctioning.
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CoughAssist In-Exsufflator
Simulates a cough to help clear stuff out of the lungs, or
otherwise infectious matter could colonize there.
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Permobil C500-VS
Premium electric chair that has the fabulous ability to
stand, recline all the way back, and have a vent mounted on, and
can even be driven while standing.
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Quickie S646-SE Wheelchair
Premium electric chair that not only moves around but
provides tilting functions to reduce pressure points, and can
have a vent mounted on it.
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PARI PRONEB ULTRA Compressor & LC Plus Nebulizer System
Shoots compressed air into circuitry to enable delivery of
inhalable medicines.
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Posey Foam Trach Ties
Designed to help prevent removal,
extubation, and decannulation by attaching to a tube and being
tied around the neck.
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Pulmonetic Systems LTV-950
A lightweight, portable mechanical vent I currently use.
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Rollx Vans
Provides expert modification of vehicles for the disabled.
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Suction machine
Used to dislodge and remove excess obstruction in the airway.
See
here a guide to accomplish this.
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Völkner Turning System
Perhaps the most helpful piece of medical equipment that I
have gotten -- it rotates me as I lay in bed, allowing for both myself
and my husband to sleep and reduces the chances of pressure sores.