Deborah, The
use of a âhybridâ mask may enable your patient to successfully
use an eye-gaze system. The âhybridâ masks provide both
oral and nasal seals without having any portion o f the mask covering the
bridge of the nose or the forehead. Those using a âhybridâ
mask can watch TV, read the paper or wear eyeglasses while receiving
bi-level (BiPap) therapy. The
attached links show a ResMed Mirage Liberty âhybridâ mask; a
hyperlink is also provided. Hudson RCI (Teleflex medical products)
makes a âhybridâ mask, named âHybridâ, a hyperlink to
their product is also included. Your home respiratory care company
should be able to provide any of these masks.Â
http://www.resmed.com/us/products/mirage_liberty/mirage-liberty.html?nc=clinicians ResMed
Mirage Liberty http://www.hudsonrci.com/Products/docs/L0517-0601_Hybrid%20Data%20Sheet.pdf âHybridâ
mask by Husdon RCI Please
donât hesitate to contact me directly if I can provide any additional
information, Cynthia Cynthia
Knoche, RRT, BBA Director,
Chapter Care Services The
LAS Association-National Office Ph:Â
904 504-6329 Fax:
904 567-5092 E
mail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From:
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah
Bell Hello
all, I sure needed your expertise
yesterday. I have a new patient on my caseload with ALS who is moving
toward a trach in a couple of weeks. He is wearing his bi-pap 24/7 and
cannot control head movement when he does not have it on due to respiration
difficulty. He cannot use his hands, could use a switch with head movement
but really is going to need eye gaze so we are moving toward that also. But
I could not capture his gaze with the bi-pap. We could not get the device
positioned on the rolling mount or holding it up over him so that the mask
did not interfere. Any experience here? I have not yet had a patient with
bipap on all the time. Deborah Bell, MA/CCC Licensed Speech Pathologist Santa Cruz, CA |