What is a COPD management plan?

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What is a COPD management plan?

What is a COPD self-management plan? A COPD self-management plan is for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It’s designed to help you to manage and understand your condition, with guidance and support from your health care professionals when you need it.

What medical management will be given to a patient with COPD?

For most people with COPD, short-acting bronchodilator inhalers are the first treatment used. Bronchodilators are medicines that make breathing easier by relaxing and widening your airways. There are 2 types of short-acting bronchodilator inhaler: beta-2 agonist inhalers – such as salbutamol and terbutaline.

What should be included in a health teaching plan for a patient with COPD?

Self-care and COPD

  • Stop smoking. And don’t allow others to smoke around you.
  • Stay active. Twenty minutes of moderate exercise 3 times a week helps reduce the risk of heart disease, decreases shortness of breath, and improves your well-being.
  • Eat a healthy diet.
  • Educate yourself.
  • Take your medications.
  • Have a plan.

How do you use an action plan for COPD?

How to use a COPD Action Plan

  1. Step 1: Talk to your doctor.
  2. Step 2: Self-management.
  3. Step 3: Managing flare-ups.
  4. Step 4: Be prepared with extra medicines.
  5. Step 5: Date your COPD Action Plan.
  6. Step 6: Refer to COPD Action Plan.
  7. Step 7: Review your COPD Action Plan.

What would be the best flow of o2 for a patient with COPD?

The currently recommended target oxygen tension in exacerbated COPD is about 60–65 mm Hg, which is equivalent to a saturation of approximately 90%–92% (Table). (2) Despite an initial blood oxygen saturation of 94%, this patient’s oxygen flow rate was increased from 2 to 4 L/min.

What is the best way to manage COPD?

If you have COPD , you can take steps to feel better and slow the damage to your lungs:

  1. Control your breathing.
  2. Clear your airways.
  3. Exercise regularly.
  4. Eat healthy foods.
  5. Avoid smoke and air pollution.
  6. See your doctor regularly.