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Chest Physiotherapy

Learn about the proper patient positioning and techniques used to perform chest physiotherapy, including percussion, vibration, and postural drainage.

Released:

December 22, 2015

Audience:

Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Nursing Students, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Understand proper assessment and monitoring of patients before, during, and after performing chest physiotherapy

  • Know the six different positions in which one would place a patient to perform chest physiotherapy

  • Demonstrate proper technique for performing percussion and vibration in each of the six patient positions

Author(s)

Susan Hamilton, MS, RN, CCRN, CWOCN

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Surgery | Boston Children's Hospital


Lisa DelSignore, MD

Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Yale School of Medicine


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

Hamilton S, DelSignore L, Wolbrink TA. Chest Physiotherapy. 12/2015. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/2689/chest-physiotherapy.

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