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Book Detail
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One Minute Asthma:
What You Need to Know
Plaut, Thomas F.
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Previous ISBN (13): 9780914625247 Category: ConsHlth: Asthma Audience: General/ Laypersons Dimensions: 7.0 x 0.1 x 4.2 in NOTE: THIS IS A NON-RETURNABLE ITEM
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Synopsis:
One Minute Asthma is the only booklet for patients referenced by the 1997 NHLBI Guidelines. Clinicians use One Minute Asthma in the office to: educate patients in the waiting room clarify the proper use of peak flow meters, inhalers, holding chambers, and compressor-driven nebulizers. present the benefits of keeping a diary serve as a template for the asthma action plan cover specific topics during the visit. Patients use One Minute Asthma in the home to: review information at their own pace study the correct technique for use of devices in words and pictures learn new material that will improve their understanding and communication at their next visit. Others use it: to provide basic information for individual patients in the hospital to educate patients in the waiting areas of hospitals and emergency departments as an outline for asthma talks, to train speakers and to orient new staff. See How to Give a Talk Based on One Minute Asthma This easy-to-read guide will help people with asthma stay out of the emergency room, out of the hospital and as active as everyone else. It is an ideal guide for parents, patients and anyone who needs a quick asthma reference book. Accurate, clear, and illustrated with line drawings and charts, One Minute Asthma covers the basics of asthma and the medicines used to treat it. Readers will learn how to recognize symptoms, monitor the progress of an episode and communicate clearly with health professionals. Also available in Spanish Dr. Plaut wrote One Minute Asthma because busy doctors told him they wanted to teach their patients about asthma during office and emergency room visits. Each page presents a single concept or set of facts to the patient or parent. Patients can read a few pages in your waiting room, exam room or at home. After that, they will ask better questions and have a more focused visit. Adult patients, teenagers and parents can stay out of the emergency room and out of the h
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