Monaghan Strive Peak Flow Meter (PFM)

How to use:

• Stand or sit up as straight as possible, while still being comfortable
• Take as deep a breath as possible
• Do not inhale through the device
• Put the Strive® PFM mouthpiece into your mouth, make sure you keep your lips tightly sealed around the mouthpiece
• Blow out as hard and as fast as possible
• Repeat steps 2 through 5 as many times as instructed by your physician or health care professional
• The daily record covers 35 days. Write your name on the line provided, start with today’s date, enter dates of next 35 days across the top of the record in spaces provided. Under each date is a graph for charting PEF up to three times a day
• Begin entering results in your Daily Record in the left hand column of the chart
• Subsequent results are entered to right
• Once the red flow indicator comes to rest at your final PEF, make an “X” to record the measurement number under the appropriate Date and Time heading