Inhaler Guidance Point - Unstocked

High-visibility point made from durable aluminium composite, featuring bold, bright infographic designs to provide clear visual guidance of key steps to follow in emergency asthma situations and ensure critical inhaler supplies are quickly and correctly used

Comply with the Department of Health's guidance on school Inhalers, which states that schools should ‘ensure that the inhaler and spacers are kept in a safe and suitably central location in the school, such as the school office, or staffroom, which is known to all staff, and to which all staff have access at all times, but in which the inhaler is out of the reach and sight of children. The inhaler and spacer should not be locked away.’

• Provides clear visual guidance on the actions to take when responding to an asthma emergency
• Creates a highly visible, centralised point for keeping emergency inhaler supplies organised and accessible
• Ensure critical equipment is always accessible, giving staff and visitors confidence to respond quickly and effectively to asthma incidents
• An emergency inhaler should only be used by children who have been diagnosed with asthma, been prescribed a reliever inhaler AND whose parents have given consent for an emergency inhaler to be used
• It is recommended that each school’s asthma policy includes general information on how to recognise and respond to an asthma attack, and what to do in emergency situations - for information on how to identify and treat an asthma attack please see the above tabs labelled Signs Of An Asthma Attack and Asthma Attack Treatment
• Missing kit warning panel makes it easy to identify and reorder replacement supplies
• Supplied with tamper ties to deter misuse while allowing quick access in an emergency
• Suitable for schools and designed to support Department of Health emergency inhaler guidance and school asthma policies
• Durable 3mm aluminium composite construction with wall fixings included
• Guidance Point dimensions: 250 x 700mm
• Please note: this product may be subject to a 3-5 day lead time

Symptoms outlined in the Department of Health, guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools September 2014

• Persistent cough (when at rest)
• A wheezing sound coming from the chest (when at rest)
• Difficulty breathing (the child could be breathing fast and with effort, using all accessory muscles in the upper body)
• Nasal flaring
• Unable to talk or complete sentences. Some children will go very quiet
• May try to tell you that their chest ‘feels tight’ (younger children may express this as tummy ache)

CALL AN AMBULANCE IMMEDIATELY AND COMMENCE THE ASTHMA ATTACK PROCEDURE WITHOUT DELAY IF THE CHILD:
Appears exhausted
Has a blue/white tinge around lips
Is going blue
Has collapsed

Actions outlined in the Department of Health, guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools September 2014

• Keep calm and reassure the child
• Encourage the child to sit up and slightly forward
• Use the child’s own inhaler - if not available, use the emergency inhaler
• Remain with the child while the inhaler and spacer are brought to them
• Immediately help the child to take two puffs of salbutamol via the spacer - see here for prices
• If there is no immediate improvement, continue to give two puffs at a time every two minutes, up to a maximum of 10 puffs
• Stay calm and reassure the child. Stay with the child until they feel better. The child can return to school activities when they feel better