Hello marija and everyone. I joined to
post this question. I'm an asthmatic and
an exercise instructor. I have had no
asthma symptoms in 10 years thanks to a
good doctor and management plan.
I have a student who comes to my exercise
classes and has an asthma attack every
time. He chooses to manage his asthma by
sitting and breathing slowly and is
reluctant to use his reliever because it
makes him cough.
All my students sign a health
questionnaire. This student has only noted
Ventolin as his medication. When I asked
him what preventer he was using he said he
didn't know the name of it. I suggested
Seretide and he said, "yes that's it I
think." I'm a little suspect about someone
actually using their preventer regularly
and not knowing the name of it.
Anyway, this week before class I asked him
how often he takes the preventer and he'd
again forgotten but then remembered and
said he takes it once a day. I asked him
if he could possibly take it an hour
before starting the class. He said, "Why?
It takes 5 days before it works anyway." I
said I was surprised because my preventer
begins to work really well after one
hour.
I'm hoping someone here can help me
clarify my options as a service provider.
I'm really not interested in having a
student who's asthma isn't being
adequately managed and I think I need to
be firmer with this student as this could
be an emergency waiting to happen. Please
share your thoughts.
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New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 04-24-08 19:08pm
Here's some quick questions related to the
above:
- Does it take 5 days for seretide to
become effective?
- Is having an asthma attack during an
exercise class a reasonable and expected
thing as an ongoing circumstance?
