User:DayWalsh/Recommendations - How to manage COPD/education
The education component of each pulmonary rehabilitation program is different,with topics including:
- Medications
- Breathing techniques and managing breathlessness
- Sputum clearance
- Benefits of physical exercise
- Oxygen therapy
- Energy conservation techniques
- Nutrition/healthy eating
- Information regarding how the lungs work
- Coping with depression, anxiety and panic attacks