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What Not to Do With Your Asthma Inhaler
Everyday Health It's no surprise asthma inhalers are critical for managing asthma. What might surprise you is just how many people use them incorrectly. By Wyatt Myers Asthma inhalers are an important part of most successful asthma treatment programs. |
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Nurse accused of denying asthmatic teen his inhaler
WCSH-TV DELTONA, Florida (WESH) – The mother of a Florida high school student said her son was denied his inhaler by the school nurse while he suffered from an asthma attack. "I'm sitting out in the hallway begging for air. I shouldn't have to do that," … School Nurse Refused To Give Student His Inhaler During Asthma Attack Nurse Accused of Refusing to Give Student Inhaler During Asthma Attack |
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Senior adult using an inhaler
Dubuque Telegraph Herald Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways, the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs. Asthma causes the inside walls of these airways to become sore and swollen. Allergens that emerge in spring can exacerbate asthma's effects. |
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Building a Better Inhaler
The Atlantic By medGadget They seem simple enough, but asthma inhalers are used correctly only about 20 percent of the time. Cambridge Consultants is changing that. Asthma inhalers seem easy to use, but they actually require a good deal of precision and fine timing … |
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Smart Inhaler Makes Treating Asthma Into a Video Game
Co.Design This clever UI is meant to insure that asthma patients use their inhalers properly. And it works. 5000 people with asthma end up in the hospital each day. It's a number that's at least partially avoidable, since as many as 75% of patients are using … Wireless asthma inhaler teaches proper use T-Haler digital inhaler turns battling asthma into an instructional game New Asthma Training Device More Than Doubles Proper Use Rates |
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Wireless asthma inhaler teaches proper use
CNET The same can be said for improper asthma inhaler use–a serious and expensive problem considering some 5000 people visit the emergency room due to and 11 people die from asthma every day, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. New Asthma Training Device More Than Doubles Proper Use Rates Sensor technology yields innovative asthma training device Inhaler trainer is a breeze |
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Asthma inhaler technology to save lives
Business Weekly A new inhaler training device incorporating sensor and wireless technology has been created by Cambridge Consultants to help save lives amid an asthma upsurge. Trials have shown that the simple, new T-Haler training device more than doubles patient … Inhaler trainer is a breeze |
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Girl Who Borrowed Asthma Inhaler Expelled From School
CBS Local (CBS4) – A girl who borrowed a friend's asthma inhaler at school has now been expelled. The incident happened in January at Lewis-Palmer Middle School in Monument. Both the girls and their families are unhappy with the punishment. |
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Asthma inhaler excuse helps driver beat charge
Stuff.co.nz A drink-driver has had his conviction dismissed after arguing that his breath test was skewed by his asthma inhaler. Kenneth John Pope, who has emphysema, was found guilty on June 20 last year of driving with excess breath alcohol after being stopped … |
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2 Students Face Expulsion For Sharing An Asthma Inhaler
CBS Local (CBS4) – She says she was just trying to help a friend, but now two students from Monument face expulsion after one loaned another her asthma inhaler. Alyssa McKinney thought her friend, Breana Crites, was having an asthma attack during gym class. |
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