As my medication delivery helping your child use a nebulizer machine in this video we will review what a nebulizer machine is and how to use it with a face mask or mouthpiece the nebulizer vaporizes your child’s asthma medication into a breathable mist called an aerosol when the medication is breathed in as an aerosol it is more easily deposited into the lungs its
Final destination the nebulizer machine works similar to an inhaler but delivers the medication at a slower rate if your child is below the age of seven you may want to use a mask instead of a mouthpiece to enhance the medicines delivery you will use a nebulizer as the preferred method of medication delivery only if your doctor has recommended it now we will go over
How to use the nebulizer machine with masks to deliver your child’s asthma medicine first connect one end of the tubing to the air outlet and the compressor and the other end into the bottom of the medicine cup make sure the machine is turned off before you unscrew the medicine cap and filling it with the prescribed amount of medication put the cups tap back on
After filling it with the medicine then plug the nebulizer machine into the electrical outlet turn the machine on and encourage the child to take slow and deep breaths through the mouth until the mist stops flowing occasionally click the sides of the medicine cup to drop medicine that is collected to the plastic depending on the machine a treatment can last between
Seven to ten minutes in length tell your child to swallow any saliva that collects in his or her mouth as it has medicine droplets if your physician advised you to mix medications and deliver them them together through the nebulizer you can do so by following the same procedures for delivering a single medicine the greater the quantity of liquid medication in the
Cup the longer your nebulizer will take to vaporize it if your child is receiving albuterol and pulmicort and they are due at the same time deliver the albuterol first and then the pulmicort for better effect to clean the nebulizer remove the tubing from the machine and disassemble the nebulizer parts everything but the mask tubing and tubing adapter can be washed
In the dishwasher or by hand with soap allow the parts to air dry before reassembling every week wipe down the outside housing of the compressor with a damp sponge and then dry it every other day soak the nebulizer parts except the tubing into an adapter in a solution of one part distilled vinegar and three parts hot water for one hour you can also sterilize all
Parts except the tubing and the tubing adaptors by boiling rinse all the parts with warm water and allow them to air dry
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Helping Your Child Use a Nebulizer Machine By Ann \u0026 Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
