<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>rvm1212</b></i>
HI!
My boyfriend and I want to buy a vest, but here (Spain) nobody uses it, so we have lot of questions.
-Is it easy to use?. Everytime we ask his doctors about the vest they say it hasn´t been proved to be better than chest therapy. We don´t agree with that so we want to get one, but I am afraid that since nobody uses it here, the pneumologist wont be able to tell us how to use it... How will we know what settings are the best?
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Your docs are lying to you. My opinion is that this is becaue government won't pay for it so they don't want patients feeling like they're being short-changed.
It's easy to use, just like the HillRom. Except you have one button to push for the full 30 minute therapy.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>-We have tried hillroom vest 104 for a few days and seemed to work great. Hillroom is available in spain since 2006. (Although they have only sold 3 vest so far...) I would like to know why you prefer respirtech better. Is it only because is more confortable or do you think it works better? Do you cough up more sputum with the respirtech one?. Since we will have to pay 13K we would like to buy the one that works the best. We won´t be able to change it for years (too expensive!!!). </end quote></div>
It works better. It's pulses are in different waveforms than the HillRom and helps to bring up more sputum.
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.respirtech.com/images/whitepaperLO.pdf
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The Jacket is custom fit, unlike HillRom's S, M, L, XL so the jacket fits better.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>-Do you know if respirtech vest is sold in europe?Are you able to use respirtech vest when you travel overseas (because of electricity differences?).? </end quote></div>
Probably not. But I'm sure they'd be willing to ship it to you. Call them. www.respirtech.com
I use my Vest overseas with a transformer (heavy, but worth it to keep my lungs health)
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>-Do you know who can I mail in respirtech so I can get some more information about the vest??. </end quote></div>
www.respirtech.com
If you want to learn more about who invented High Frequency Chest Compression, visit
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/12/06/041206fa_fact
">http://www.newyorker.com/archi...4/12/06/041206fa_fact
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