| 摘要 |
A respirator hose support pad for tracheostomy patients, and method of use thereof for providing strain relief, and for reducing respirator machine induced intermittent hose movement, vibration, and fluid passage from the respirator hose into the patient. The support pad has a hook and loop fastener structure on the central bottom surface for releasible attachment to a patient's garment in the upper central chest area. The terminal oppositely disposed ends of the pad each have an extending flange which serve as handles. The pad additionally has a detachable flexible belt on the top surface for adjustable loose securement of the respirator hose onto the top of the pad. When the belt is properly affixed over a respirator hose, the hose is loosely retained between the pad and belt, and may slide back and forth across the pad to prevent excessive pulling on the tracheostomy tube as the patient moves. The interior of the pad contains a compressible and somewhat resilient padding material to dampen the irritating and painful effect on the patient's tracheostomy of the respirator hose vibrations and jerking movements caused by the intermittent positive pressure introduction of gasses into the patient. The somewhat thickened pad is additionally utilized to help maintain the respirator hose angling downhill in order to direct fluids which naturally condense in the respirator hose away from the patient's tracheostomy tube and lungs.
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