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Your doctor should confirm with you the correct use of your asthma inhaler. Please ask your doctor to check your technique, even if you think you know how to use it. This
will help ensure you’re prescribed the right style of inhaler to suit you, and you are using it correctly to receive a proper dose of medication.
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Adults & adolescents are recommended to always use a spacer with their puffer. All children should use a spacer to take their medicine, for both reliever & preventer puffers. Using a spacer with your reliever medicine in an asthma flare-up is as effective as or even better than using a nebuliser for most people. It’s faster, easier, & less likely to cause side effects, says Asthma Australia
When the cooler conditions are here, it is important to be vigilant about your Asthma 
Using your blue/grey reliever more than 2 days a week for relief of asthma symptoms, can be a band aid solution to poor asthma control ⬇️ 2daysin7 http://bit.ly/2daysin7
A couple of serious health stats: approximately 400 Australians die each year from asthma and only 24% of people with asthma have an Asthma Action Plan. Download yours today in the Resources section of Asthma Australia: https://bit.ly/2topIDu
You can download the Asthma First Aid App from the iTunes store or Google Play.
Asthma Australia has a great web site, check it out and learn more about this survey!
https://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/national/info/2daysin7
If anyone with Asthma has an action plan, we should follow it as it is designed for their needs. If no plan follow the 4 x 4 x 4 technique & if it's not asthma no harm is likely to result from giving a "reliever' inhaler to someone without asthma.
For those with Asthma winter can be a difficult time,when they may find the changes impacting upon quality of life. keep an eye out for your loved ones. Managing changes can B-the Difference so B-Ready!
Using a spacer is essential for children and beneficial for Adults especially with their reliever medication. Always shake the puffer before you use it, in an up and down motion, not side to side otherwise the medication and propellant don't mix evenly and an inaccurate dose is the result. Even if you are in doubt as to how serious a flare up or attack is, better always to administer Ventolin than to have it rapidly become worse.
Schools and Care Services should have an Asthma Care Plan for your child to assist them with routine medications. Have you provided them with one from your Doctor?
Childcare Services are to meet their national regulatory
requirements to keep our kiddies safe. All the centers we visit are doing just great! 
Asthma & our Children numbers are so high, this is such a scary thing to experience & manage. More people die in Australia from Asthma than Drowning:(. Check out this short video which ends in how to manage an Asthma emergency.
It is not essential to know how this system works but imperative that it functions well. An Adult breathes approximately 500 ml of air per breath. What can cause breathing difficulties?
Take a read about this invention, quite amazing, I think? You can check out the whole article with this link.
As the cooler weather kicks in don't forget your Preventative medications. if you haven't seen your GP for a while about your Asthma could be well worth the visit and revise your specific requirements.
Our lives are so busy on so many levels these days. If you have Asthma take time for you! Care for your health, don't run non-stop & leave it to the last minute. 
Asthma first aid Adult Refresher on how to use a spacer and Puffer correctly.
Interesting information from the Asthma Foundation about the use of spacers!
Great Adult Education about an Asthma Action Plan from Asthma Australia
Excellent Asthma Animation 
B-Ready First Aid 1-10 Young Aussies with Asthma
If you suspect you might have asthma, don't ignore it! See your doctor for a professional diagnosis. B-Prepared & B-Ready