NARRATOR: SOME PEOPLE WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS
NEED TO INHALE MEDICINE INTO THEIR LUNGS.
INHALED MEDICINES CAN BE DELIVERED
BY A DEVICE CALLED A "NEBULIZER"
OR BY A VARIETY OF DEVICES CALLED "INHALERS."
THIS VIDEO WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO USE ONE DRY POWDER INHALER
CALLED THE HANDIHALER.
THE HANDIHALER DELIVERS A MEDICINE CALLED TIOTROPIUM,
WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS SPIRIVA.
THE TIOTROPIUM HANDIHALER IS USED FOR A LUNG DISEASE
CALLED CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, OR COPD.
THIS INHALER WILL HELP PREVENT BRONCHOSPASM.
THIS IS A NARROWING OF THE AIRWAYS
THAT HAPPENS WITH COPD.
IT ALSO WILL REDUCE COPD-RELATED FLARE-UPS,
SUCH AS COUGHING, WHEEZING, OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
AND IT WILL HELP YOUR LUNGS WORK BETTER,
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BREATHE EASIER.
REMEMBER THAT THE HANDIHALER IS NOT A RESCUE INHALER.
RESCUE INHALERS GIVE RELIEF RIGHT AWAY
TO SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A SUDDEN BREATHING PROBLEM.
YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST CAN TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT RESCUE INHALERS IF YOU NEED ONE.
WHEN YOU GET YOUR HANDIHALER,
CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATE
TO MAKE SURE THE MEDICINE ISN'T EXPIRED.
THE HANDIHALER COMES IN ONE PIECE.
THERE'S A CAP THAT PROTECTS THE HANDIHALER
FROM DUST OR LINT,
THE MOUTHPIECE THAT THE MEDICINE COMES OUT OF,
THERE'S THE BASE, THE CENTER CHAMBER,
AND THE PIERCING BUTTON, WHICH IS GREEN.
TO USE THE HANDIHALER,
CAREFULLY REMOVE ONE CAPSULE FROM THE PACK.
FOLD THE FOIL WHERE THE ARROW SHOWS YOU TO,
AND PEEL IT BACK SO YOU CAN TAKE OUT THE CAPSULE.
DON'T CUT THE FOIL OR USE A SHARP INSTRUMENT
TO TAKE THE CAPSULE OUT OF THE PACK.
THAT COULD DAMAGE THE CAPSULE.
REMEMBER, THESE CAPSULES SHOULD NOT BE SWALLOWED.
THEY'RE FOR USE ONLY IN THE HANDIHALER.
PUT JUST ONE CAPSULE INTO THE HANDIHALER.
TO DO THIS, PRESS THE GREEN PIERCING BUTTON.
THIS RELEASES THE DUST CAP.
LIFT THE MOUTHPIECE TO REVEAL THE CENTER CHAMBER,
PLACE THE MEDICINE CAPSULE IN THE CHAMBER,
THEN CLOSE THE MOUTHPIECE.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FEEL AND HEAR A CLICK
WHEN THE MOUTHPIECE IS IN PLACE.
THE DUST CAP REMAINS OPEN.
HOLD THE HANDIHALER DEVICE POINTING UP.
PUSH THE GREEN PIERCING BUTTON AGAIN, THEN RELEASE IT.
THIS PUNCHES HOLES IN THE CAPSULE
SO THE MEDICINE IS READY TO BREATHE IN.
HOLD THE HANDIHALER UPRIGHT AND TRY NOT TO SHAKE IT.
BREATHE IN DEEPLY, THEN BREATHE OUT,
MAKING AS MUCH ROOM IN YOUR LUNGS AS YOU CAN.
LIFT THE INHALER TO YOUR MOUTH
AND PLACE YOUR LIPS TIGHTLY AROUND THE MOUTHPIECE.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO COVER THE AIR HOLES.
NOW BREATHE IN DEEPLY UNTIL YOU HAVE A FULL BREATH.
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 10 SECONDS OR AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
TAKE THE MOUTHPIECE OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,
THEN EXHALE SLOWLY.
THEN REPEAT THE PROCESS ONE MORE TIME,
USING THE SAME CAPSULE ALREADY INSIDE THE HANDIHALER.
THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE INHALED ALL OF THE MEDICINE.
AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
OPEN THE MOUTHPIECE AND TIP OUT THE USED CAPSULE,
WITHOUT TOUCHING IT,
INTO THE TRASH CAN.
THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS CLEAN THE HANDIHALER.
LOOK TO SEE IF THERE ARE REMAINING CAPSULE PIECES
OR A BUILDUP OF POWDER.
IF YOU SEE ANY, TURN THE DEVICE OVER
AND TAP IT GENTLY TO REMOVE THEM.
THEN RINSE THE WHOLE THING WITH WATER.
WHILE RINSING, PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON A FEW TIMES.
DON'T PUT THE HANDIHALER DEVICE IN THE DISHWASHER.
LET THE HANDIHALER AIR DRY OVERNIGHT,
LEAVING THE DUST CAP, MOUTHPIECE, AND BASE OPEN.
KEEP THE HANDIHALER SOMEPLACE DRY
THAT STAYS AT A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE.
A KITCHEN CABINET MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT.
IT WON'T GET TOO HOT OR TOO COLD, IT STAYS DRY,
AND IT'S UP AND AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND PETS.
WHEN YOU FOLLOW THE STEPS WE'VE SHOWN YOU TODAY,
THE HANDIHALER WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO,
DELIVER THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MEDICINE EVERY TIME
TO HELP YOU BREATHE EASIER.