| Asthma attacks usually induce panic within the | | | | anytime, anywhere, that's why it's always good to |
| sufferer as well as the people who are with the | | | | be ready and prepared, physically, emotionally and |
| asthmatic individual. It is quite understandable why | | | | psychologically. |
| people initially panic when someone is having an | | | | When someone is having an asthma attack, they can |
| asthma attack because seeing someone breathing | | | | breathe easier when they are sitting up rather than |
| difficultly and gasping for air is an alarming sight. | | | | lying down. |
| However, the asthmatic person having the attack as | | | | Do not ever make the grave mistake of making |
| well as the people around him or her should try to | | | | asthma patients lie down during their attack because |
| avoid panicking because it will do more harm than | | | | it will only make things worse by making it more |
| good. | | | | difficult to breathe. |
| When people panic, they tend to be less logical and | | | | If it's your first time to encounter or help someone |
| rational and they end up overlooking the simple and | | | | who is having an asthma attack, you should not panic |
| basic solutions to an asthma attack. | | | | because an adult patient usually knows how to handle |
| In case of an emergency, the first thing that people | | | | his or her attack and you may just have to calmly |
| should remember is to stay calm and maintain a | | | | ask him or her what you should do to help alleviate |
| peaceful mind to give room for more sensible | | | | the effects of the attack. You can ask the patient |
| thought. | | | | where they are keeping their inhaler so that they can |
| Children that are having emergency asthma attacks | | | | at least have a first-aid treatment while waiting for |
| are usually hard to handle because they usually have | | | | medical help. |
| a hard time understanding and expressing what is | | | | Help patients use the inhaler. During an asthma |
| happening to them. Parents or guardians of asthmatic | | | | attack, patients may be shaking, nervous or scared |
| children must be keen and sensitive enough to know | | | | and that's why you should really help them in using |
| or sense when their child is already showing signs and | | | | their inhaler. If at the time of the emergency attack, |
| symptoms of an asthma attack. | | | | the patient has no inhaler with him or her, you can |
| When this happens, the child must not be alarmed or | | | | resort to using or borrowing someone else's inhaler |
| provoked to panic; the parents or guardian must not | | | | while waiting for medical help. |
| show any sign of panic or alarm so the child can stay | | | | Doctors greatly emphasize that an inhaler is a very |
| calm and feel at ease. Asthma attacks may happen | | | | critical need during an emergency asthma attack. |