Question

Difficulty Breathing 17. Complete the exercise below to experience dyspnea. Dyspnea Exercise Materials: Three disposable drinking straws Location: A place with room to walk Note: People with respiratory or heart problems should not participate in this Exercise: a. Compress the end of one straw and insert it into the end of a second straw b. Compress the end of the third straw and insert it into one end of the double straw to for an extra-long straw. c Pinch your nostrils to cut off airflow through them d. Place the straw in your mouth and begin breathing through it. e. Walk around for two minutes f. At the end of two minutes, remove the straw from your mouth and stop plugping you nose Take a moment to allow your breathing and sensations to return to normal You have just experienced sensations similar to those that people with dyspnea have Answer the following questions: a. What did the experience feel like? Describe it. b. What were your thoughts as the exercise progressed? Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers

Answer 1

1)Feeling like shortness of breath and discomfort in chest .The breathing is shallow and rapid.

2)As the exercise progressed, their is slight anxiety,nervousness,suffocative feeling due to shortness of breath but at the end of exercise felt relax after sometime.