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Circuit Change

Objective : To change all of Don’s vent tubing, the humidifier, suction buckets, and suction wand holders. Materials : From guest room closet: 1 blue circuit, 1 clear/white circuit, and 1 humidifier From white drawers by the back door:  Top drawer: plastic lung, 1 duck bill, Middle drawer: 1 humidifier Bottom drawer: 1 accordion, 2 blue filters Little Bertha Disconnect all tubing, set aside. Disconnect power cord Take Little Bertha off the back of the wheelchair and take machine out of the blue holder as far as you need to reach the white filter on the bottom.  Take the white filter out and flick it to clean it. Put filter back in Use fingernail to get to the foam part of gray filter. Rub/flick to clean foam. Put back together. The black piece will snap back in.  Get machine back into blue case and redo the Velcro as tight as you can!!!  Put the vent back on the wheel chair and reconnect the power. Make sure vent doesn’t look like it’s falling out of holder. If