With the weather gradually turning cool, the incidence of respiratory diseases into a high incidence period, especially for some of the immune system is relatively low for the elderly, learn to exercise lung function, popularise the knowledge of the prevention of respiratory diseases, to ensure the health of the lungs is very important, November 13, Liaocheng Second Hospital thoracic cardiothoracic surgical nursing team should be invited by the Linqing City, TIANYU Nursing Home for the elderly to send care and health.

    ‘I've been looking forward to your coming for a long time, it's much more comfortable for me to cough out this phlegm, and I've learnt the methods taught to me, thank you.’ Coughing up phlegm, Grandpa Zhang said excitedly to the nursing staff. Nursing home grandfather Zhang is 76 years old, recently suffered from upper respiratory tract infection, phlegm is not easy to cough out. Liaocheng Second Hospital Thoracic Surgery nursing staff Guo Yufeng brought their own nebulising inhaler to help Grandpa Zhang for nebulising inhalation, and then described the operation process of knocking the back of the sputum discharge and the details to pay attention to, and carried out on-site demonstrations for the nursing home carers to help the elderly master the correct way to exercise lung function, but also taught the carers how to help the elderly knocking the back of the sputum discharge.

    As we honour our own aged people, so do we. As our country is gradually entering into an aging society, it is more necessary for us to care for and love the elderly. The nursing staff of the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Liaocheng No.2 Hospital will always uphold the service concept of ‘quality service and love’, lead the team to continuously improve the quality of professionalism and service, and serve every patient to the best of their ability to pass on the virtues of a century-old hospital, and carry forward the hospital style of a century-old hospital.