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This week at IVUN ...
Philips Respironics announces the new Trilogy200.
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Attention users of home mechanical ventilation:
Have you completed the "Take Charge, Not Chances" documents? Be prepared. Do it now.
Explore information for home ventilator users,
families and health professionals.
Access to IVUN publications – Ventilator-Assisted Living,
Information about Ventilator-Assisted Living,
Home Ventilator Guide (updated 5-16-10)
Are you a health professional with a question for ventilator users?Send it to info@ ventusers.org, and IVUN will find experts to answer it. Click the logo to read answers to past questions. |
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CD (Read only) of Program Booklets from PHI's 10th International Conference: Living with Polio in the 21st Century (April 2009)
Access to video demonstrations:
Frog Breathing (glossopharyngeal breathing)
Lung Volume Recruitment (LVG) and glossopharyngeal breathing (GPB)
Mouthpiece ventilation – Click on Program Library/Programs by Titles/Non-invasive Assisted Breathing
Investigate and actively support current issues affecting the lives
of home ventilator users.
Support IVUN initiatives, other advocacy organizations and connect with other advocacy resources.
Flying While Using a Ventilator
Learn about The Research Fund of PHI/IVUN and opportunities to participate
in research.
THE FIFTH AWARD (2009) Final Report
Find health professionals, support groups; connect at conferences;
receive and/or offer help.
Link to 500+ entries in IVUN's Resource Directory for Ventilator-Assisted Living (updated 7-26-10); find out about home ventilator users meetings around the world, email requests or offers of help to other ventilator users.
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