This #FridayFirstAid learn how to help someone having an asthma attack. 1. Help the person sit in a comfortable position and take their medication. 2. Reassure the person. 3. If the attack becomes severe, or they don't have their medication, call 999 or get someone else to do it. | British Red Cross

This #FridayFirstAid learn how to help a child having an asthma attack. Help the child to sit in a comfortable position and take their medication. Reassure the child. If the attack becomes severe, or they don’t have their medication, call 999. | British Red Cross

In an asthma emergency, it is important to stay calm and follow the asthma first aid steps - but this can be difficult to remember in a high-stress situation. For those who have been prescribed the blue reliever inhaler (such as Ventolin), in an asthma emergency, you need to take 6 puffs of this through a spacer, with 6 breaths per puff, every 6 minutes until help arrives. We have put together a short animated video to help practice this breathing technique below. For those who take a combined p

Have you struggled with the technique of your inhaler? Many people with asthma are not taking their inhaler properly which means the medicine isn’t getting into their lungs effectively. This puts them at risk of having a life-threatening asthma attack. We have videos demonstrating how to use more than 21 different inhalers, spacers or nasal sprays. Check them out 👉 www.asthma.org.uk/advice/inhaler-videos | Asthma Lung UK