Resources

• Active cycle of breathing technique and forced expiration technique.
• The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating Booklet is available at:
  http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-food-guide-index.htm
• Australian Lung Foundation COPD action plan.
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 3 The Lungs is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_3_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 4 Lung Conditions is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_4_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 5 Lung Function Tests is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_5_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 6 Managing Your COPD is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_6_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 8 Breathlessness, breathing control & energy conservation is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_8_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 9 Exercise and Physical Activity is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_9_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 10 Stopping Smoking & Preventing a Relapse is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_10_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 11 Healthy Eating is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_11_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 12 Knowing your Medication is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_12_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 13 Inhalation Devices is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_13_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 14 Home Oxygen Therapy is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_14_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 15 Managing Stress & Anxiety is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_15_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 16 COPD & Swallowing is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_16_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 17 Airway Clearance is available at:http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_17_low_res.pdf
• Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide. Ch 18 COPD & Incontinence is available at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_booklet_chap_18_low_res.pdf
• BMI range chart for adults.
• Breathing control techniques.
• Diagram of cycle of inactivity and breathlessness.
• Diagram of FEV₁ versus age.
• Diagram of cycle of increased activity and reduced dyspnoea.
• Diagrams of alternative sexual positions for energy conservation.
• Exercise recording sheet can be found at: http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/images/stories/docs/copd/ALF_COPD_exercise_recording_sheet.pdf
• Guidelines for Sexual Activity
• Modified Borg Dyspnoea Scale
• Nocturnal oxygen therapy trial group.  Continuous or nocturnal oxygen therapy in hypoxemic chronic obstructive lung disease: a clinical trial.  Ann Intern Med. 1980;93:391-398.
• Queensland Health Nutrition Education Materials Online (NEMO) website. NEMO is available at: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/nutrition/default.asp
• Report of the Medical Research Council working party.  Long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy in chronic hypoxic cor pulmonale complicating chronic bronchitis and emphysema.  Lancet. 1981;1:681-686.
• Self-management exercise.
• Signs and symptoms of chest infection.