Cough Assist

For people with weak breathing muscles, a cough assist machine simulates a natural cough and assists the person to clear secretions, including infected secretions. It does so by applying positive air pressure to the airway and then rapidly shifting to negative air pressure. The resulting high expiratory flow simulates a deep, natural cough.

Muscular Dystrophy Queensland offers a short-term rental program of Breathe Well CoughAssist™ machines, to assist with recovery from acute respiratory infections.