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dream2live
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<P>The hospital I go to, the RT's no longer use hand percussion since they have the VEST. The VEST used to be wonderful, but now it does not do it's job. I have asked one RT if she wanted to see if she still "had it" as far as doing the percussion, and she said, "no thank you". </P>
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<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P> </P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P> </P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.</P>
dream2live
New member
<P>The hospital I go to, the RT's no longer use hand percussion since they have the VEST. The VEST used to be wonderful, but now it does not do it's job. I have asked one RT if she wanted to see if she still "had it" as far as doing the percussion, and she said, "no thank you". </P>
<P></P>
<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.</P>
<P></P>
<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.</P>
dream2live
New member
<P>The hospital I go to, the RT's no longer use hand percussion since they have the VEST. The VEST used to be wonderful, but now it does not do it's job. I have asked one RT if she wanted to see if she still "had it" as far as doing the percussion, and she said, "no thank you". </P>
<P></P>
<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.<BR></P>
<P></P>
<P>I have heard some of them complain that they can't do it like they used to because of carpal tunnel excuse. </P>
<P></P>
<P>Luckily, I have a nurse that comes to my house twice a day and percusses me by hand. Since these RT's quit doing it by hand, I have noticed that I have been hospitalized more frequently.<BR></P>
lilmac1177
New member
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms'" size="2" color="#3366cc">wow! and here i thought i was the only one who asks for manual chest PT while in the hospital!!
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>
lilmac1177
New member
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms'" size="2" color="#3366cc">wow! and here i thought i was the only one who asks for manual chest PT while in the hospital!!
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>
lilmac1177
New member
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'comic sans ms'" size="2" color="#3366cc">wow! and here i thought i was the only one who asks for manual chest PT while in the hospital!!
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>
(i, too, do not feel the vest does the job when i'm going thru an exacerbation)
<br>
<br>i'm seen at Johns Hopkins and there the Physical Therapists (PTs) actually do the CPT during daytime hours and the Respiratory Therapists (RTs) do it in the evening and overnite (which actually was a complete change from when i was seen at a previous CF Center). i have not had an issue w/ PTs refusing to do manual CPT, and i have never had an issue w/ RTs doing it; however, there have been MANY RTs who either did not know how or did it so poorly they might as well not have even attempted. so not effective!
<br>
<br>if anyone is interested, the regimen at Hopkins goes like this... it's three sessions during the day by the PT: the first two sessions (early morning and mid-morning) are strictly manual chest PT and the afternoon session they really stress exercise! we either walk the hospital, go down to PT "gym" where there are bikes, treadmills, even the Wii (my first time ever trying the Wii was while in the hospital)! then in the evening the RT comes in to hopefully do a decent job w/ manual CPT again. (i, personally, prefer not to be woken during the nite unless i'm really having a time and/or the doc orders it; the nurses can always page RT during the nite if needed.)
<br>
<br>i hope you all have better luck in the future w/ your CPT <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"></font>