My girlfriend has asthma, so what do i do if we go out and she has an asthma attack?, how could i help?

Question

She's a preteen and i never have had a girl with asthma so if we like go out to the movies what happens if she cannot or even ifshe does have her inhaler but no medicine then what? And even if she does have her medicine would that be all she needs?

Answer 1

Make sure she always takes her reliever with her every where she goes.

Find out if she has an asthma plan, usually set out by her treating doctor. And follow this when she has an asthma attack, or you could follow the below emergency plan.

What to do in an asthma attack

Sit the person comfortably upright. Be calm and reassuring.

Give 4 puffs of a blue Reliever inhaler (puffer) – Ventolin, Airomir, Bricanyl, or Asmol.

Relievers are best given through a spacer, if available.
Use 1 puff at a time and ask the person to take 4 breaths from the spacer after each puff.

Use the person’s own inhaler if possible. If not, use the First Aid kit inhaler or borrow one from someone else.

Wait 4 minutes. If there is no improvement, give another 4 puffs.
If little or no improvement, CALL AN AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY and state that the person is having an asthma attack.

Keep giving 4 puffs every 4 minutes until the ambulance arrives.

Answer 2

First of all, ask her. She should have an asthma plan, and can tell you what she does if she has trouble. She may be self conscious about it, but let her know you just want to know because you want to be able to help her if needed. If she avoids talking about it, ask her mom privately. She'll appreciate that you care enough to ask. If she has an inhaler, she should always have it with her. She can show it to you and explain how it works. An inhaler is considered an emergency medicine (or some people use it to prevent problems before exercise.) It works immediately and usually is all a person needs. If the inhaler doesn't help her, or she needs to use it more than every 2-4 hours, she probably needs extra help. Be sure to know her parents number (you should know this even if she didn't have asthma) in case you are concerned. Never be afraid to call 911 if she is having trouble breathing. Better safe than sorry.
Most asthmatics don't have any limitations on their activities, so please don't treat her as if she were ill, fragile, or moments away from an asthma attack. She should know what she can and can't do and you need to respect that.
If you are concerned that she'll forget her inhaler, remind her to bring it. Don't try to be too bossy about it though, this is her responsibility. You are very kind to care so much.

Answer 3

Well, there are many presentations for asthma, from very mild to very severe, and what you might expect depends on just how severe your girlfriend's asthma is, which I can't tell you from here, but she probably can.
First off, I want to say that asthma attacks generally do not occur for no reason, there is almost always a trigger, be it cold air, an allergen, or a respiratory tract infection, so asthmatics generally do not just have attacks randomly without warning.
When an attack does occur though, the best thing to do first is to try rescue inhaler (they are generally beta agonists, the most common of them are albuterol - proventil or ventolin) which many asthmatics carry around in case they're needed.
If the inhaler doesn't work and the attack isn't going away, then it may be necessary to go to the emergency room, especially if the difficulty breathing becomes serious.
If you're worried, then talk to her about it to know what the disease means for her, nobody else is really going to be able to tell you exactly what's going on.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

If she doesn't have her medication she may require medical assistance in which case call an ambulance. If she has her medication and it works then try not to crowd her if she needs assistance getting her medication that could be helpful mainly don't make a big deal about it.

There are three phases to an asthma attack and any attack where the persons own medication fails to help is an emergency.

Answer 6

She needs to have her meds with her at all times the inhaler will
help her in a case of an attack but in the case that she did not have it with her black coffe is good as well till you can make it either to her house or hosp. that's is if is not a severe case is it is 911 is the best choice I know people that had die of an asthma attack..Good luck

Answer 7

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Answer 8

tape her inhaler to her hand!! she should have it on her all the time! the only thing you could do is to give her cpr if she was to pass out...... only if something is causing her to have an asthma attack like stress or pollution could you help by moving her somewhere else.. really..if you live in a crowded area its even worse cause if were to go to the emergency room they dont consider it priority unless she's unconsious.. if she has 2 inhalers like i have theres a brown one and a blue one- she probably has to take the brown one regularly to prevent asthma attacks.

Answer 9

If she doesn't have a inhaler tell her to get one also if possible when she has a attack get her near a fan to help her breath call 911 asap try to keep her calm and tell her to try and take slow deep breath's

Answer 10

Oh..im sory for that.but asthma usually attacks when d person is active or cant stand the outside temp.dats frm my experience.so, dont do any vigorous activites that might trigger d attack.making her calm all the time would b d best solution.and never forget to bring her inhaler.