SAANS Respiratory , Critical Care, Sleep Disorders, Rehabilitation , Home Care & Skill Training

 Please go through  this interactive video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBOkaPoQU2Y&t=2291s SAANS breathing retraining program involves 1. understanding Breath 2. Mindfulness to Mindful techniques 3. Sinus cleansing using Nasal wash for good passage 4. Slow maximum inspiration 5. Slow Expiration 6. Buteyko technique for controlled ventilation 7. SAANS Power breath using Diaphragmatic techniques 8. Om chanting or  homeostasis 9. chaotic breathing or Ecstasy 10. Progressive muscular relaxation technique

An advanced COPD with Respiratory failure undergoing advanced structured Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Patient improved because of comprehensive structured SAANS Pulmonary Rehab program. See this video link SAANS Pulmonary Rehabilitation in a COPD patient in ICU, National Heart Institute key Areas : 1. motivational techniques 2. correct inhaler techniques 3. oxygenation therapy 4. judicious non invasive ventilation 5. postural drainage 6. breathing techniques using coach incentive spirometer and PEEP device 7. Nutrition counselling 8. mucociliary clearance using advanced Cough Assist Device 9. last but not the least highly skilled  Respiratory team comprising of Pulmonologist, Respiratory therapist , patient educators and SAANS-SAKSHAM trained allied healthcare providers

Insomnia is the commonest sleep disorder in the general population.  Insomnia is defined as the subjective perception of difficulty with sleep initiation, duration, consolidation, or quality that occurs despite adequate opportunity for sleep, and that results in some form of daytime impairment.  This is  74 year old male presented with chronic insomnia from past 3 decades. He was subjected to sleep study which revealed poor quality of Slow wave Sleep (SWS) and REM sleep. He was admitted for sleep re-education, which included Hypnotics orally and Benzodiazepene Intravenous administration with MVI infusion. While history taking it was clear that the insomnia was related to an underlying Anxiety about the fear of inability to sleep. History revealed that the patient had many traumatic situation in his life time which included the refuge during the partition of India. Patient underwent CBT and counselling, he was educated about sleep hygiene, Binaural sound waves w...

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This is a 48 yearold School Physical Instructor presented to us with uncontrolled Bronchial Asthma. He has been visitng Apex Goverment Institute but was not able get relief because so many factors. He was so disillussioned and decided to live his life with distress as he had no clues what to do? and started thinking about the future of family. He was unhappyand lost hope.He was disturbed because of so many reasons: No1  He was not explained adequately about  the chronicity of disesase and role of long term inhalation "LABA & ICS" No 2  Every time a new doctor was attending him and there was no scope for a healthy long term doctor patient relationship. No 3 No proper Inhalation and Device education was provided to him. No 4  Importance of home monitoring with a simple Peak flow meter was not stressed upon.  No5 Importance of trigger mananagement was not discussed.  & last but not the least  No6  No emphasis on disesase percep...

Doctor patient relationship decides the disesase recovery and adherence to treatment in chronic care practice. This is a young lady who first vited us us as little child with uncontrolled asthma. Parents were educated about the role of parternership program between consultant and patient. The child was asked to monitor peakflow chart regularly and was put to preventive therapy. Family understood the need of inhalation corticosteroid therapy and religiously followed the program. She gradually outgrew her frequent asthma attacks and practically became off inhalers by her eighteenth birth day. Listen to this brilliant lady settling in USA . This video was taken when she herself wanted to speak her heart after feeling a sense of achievement. Doctor Patient relationship in a Chronic Asthmatic: Patient Speaks

    D r .BOSE, FELLOW(FBPI) WHAT IS THE BUTEYKO METHOD? Named after Dr Konstantin Buteyko, the Buteyko Method consists of a series of breathing exercises and guidelines specifically designed to reduce over-breathing (clinically known as ‘ chronic hyperventilation ’). The simple fact is that many people breathe too much, which alters the natural levels of gases in the blood, reduces oxygen delivery to tissues and organs, and causes constriction of the smooth muscles surrounding blood vessels and airways. This can lead to numerous health problems. Bringing breathing volume towards normal and making the switch from mouth to nose breathing helps to alleviate such health problems. ABOUT US “Working together to improve health through breathing re-education” Buteyko Professionals International (BPI) is an international community of individuals who work as practitioners/educators or incorporate some aspects of the Buteyko Breathing Method into their main area of p...