Resources for Patients

• "Save Your Breath America!" (HTML)
  By: Thomas L. Petty, MD and Dennis E. Doherty, MD
  Advice for patients with COPD, (chronic bronchitis or emphysema) and their families.
  Download the pdf version
  
• Patient Instructions for Inhaled Devices
  The American College of Chest Physicians has developed printable handout sheets to instruct patients in the use of inhaled devices. These step-by step guides provide instructions on usage and cleaning for most delivery devices available.
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Information New On NIHSeniorHealth.gov (HTML pages)
  Information about the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has just been added to NIHSeniorHealth, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Web site designed especially for seniors. Consumers can log onto www.nihseniorhealth.gov to learn more about this slowly progressing lung disease
• Frontline Advice for COPD Patients (PDF)
  This book (99 pages) is downloadable from this site, but is also available for purchase by contacting the publisher, Xlibris, at 888-795-4274, extension 479, or by email at Orders@xlibris.com.
• "The Second Breath of Life" (PDF)
• NLHEP Brochure"Test Your Lungs, Know Your Numbers" Revised 1/06 (PDF)
  This brochure includes the following information:
  • Patients who will benefit
  • The target audience
  • Test Your Lungs/Know Your Numbers
  • The program for action
  • The Payoff
  • Twenty Questions
• An informative consumer site from the AARC
  www.YourLungHealth.org. While you are there, feel free to ask Dr. Tom a question.

Steven Nelson, BS, RRT, FAARC
Program Associate for NLHEP
972-910-8555 or nelson@nlhep.org

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