{"id":2437,"date":"2024-11-19T09:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fasttrainingaustralia.com.au\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=2437"},"modified":"2024-12-20T19:19:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T09:19:46","slug":"asthma-emergency","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/fasttrainingaustralia.com.au\/resources\/asthma-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Asthma Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Asthma First Aid Management: Recognise the Signs and Respond to an Asthma Emergency<\/h2>\n<p>An Asthma Emergency can be life-threatening.\u00a0People who suffer asthma should have an action plan and medication. In an emergency if a patient does not have their own reliever, use another person\u2019s (if permitted under local state or territory regulations), or one from a first aid kit.<\/p>\n<p>This Asthma Fact Sheet provides essential first aid guidance to help you respond quickly and effectively during an asthma attack.<\/p>\n<h3>Signs &amp; Symptoms:<\/h3>\n<h4>Mild to moderate asthma attack<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>increasingly soft to loud wheeze<\/li>\n<li>persistent cough<\/li>\n<li>minor to obvious difficulty breathing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Severe asthma attack<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>symptoms get worse very quickly<\/li>\n<li>little or no relief from inhaler<\/li>\n<li>severe shortness of breath, focused only on breathing<\/li>\n<li>unable to speak normally<\/li>\n<li>pallor, sweating<\/li>\n<li>progressively more anxious, subdued<\/li>\n<li>blue lips, face, earlobes, fingernails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What to do in an Asthma emergency:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Follow DRSABCD.<\/li>\n<li>Help the asthma patient to sit down in a comfortable position.<\/li>\n<li>Reassure and stay with the patient.<\/li>\n<li>If requested, help the patient to follow their action plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>How to give asthma medication (4 : 4 : 4)<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Use a spacer if available.<\/li>\n<li>Give 4 separate puffs of blue\/grey reliever puffer: shake the inhaler, give 1 puff, take 4 breaths<\/li>\n<li>repeat until 4 puffs have been given.<\/li>\n<li>Wait 4 minutes<\/li>\n<li>If there is no improvement, give 4 more separate puffs of blue\/grey reliever as above.<\/li>\n<li>If the patient still cannot breath normally, call triple zero (000) for an ambulance.<\/li>\n<li>Keep giving 4 puffs every 4 minutes (as above) until medical aid arrives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a medical emergency call Triple Zero (000). You could save a life with First Aid Training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><em>Be prepared when it matters most! Book your First Aid Training course today and gain the skills to make a difference.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2878,"template":"","resource-category":[120],"class_list":["post-2437","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource-category-first-aid-fact-sheets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asthma Emergency - FAST Training Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Essential first aid guidance for responding to an asthma emergency. 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