Emergency treatment via spacer device
- Put two parts of spacer together
- Remove cap of inhaler
- Shake inhaler
- Insert inhaler into flat end of device
- Place mouthpiece in patient.s mouth and press inhaler canister to release a dose of reliever medication. Tell the patient to breathe in and out. Repeat with device in mouth, allowing 4-5 breaths between actuations
- Shake inhaler between every two actuations
- Remove device from mouth when patient has recovered
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