The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) came out a decade ago, yet as a nation, we still have the highest asthma death rate in Europe - four times that of Italy or the Netherlands. This is unsurprising, considering many patients still rely on their blue inhalers alone.
Taxonomy: Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRU, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Taxonomy: Allergy, COPD, Current, Health inequalities, Inhaler devices, PCRU, 1 hour
Taxonomy: Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, 1 hour
Let's be MART for asthma.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Clinical resource or information, Current, Inhaler devices, Standard, Advanced, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, Expert
Now is the time to make MART moves for asthma.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Clinical resource or information, Current, Inhaler devices, Standard, Advanced, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, Expert
Maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) is a treatment for asthma where a single combined inhaler is used for both maintenance and reliever purposes, instead of having separate preventer (brown) and reliever (blue) inhalers.
Taxonomy: Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, 1 hour
Be proactive, not reactive.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, COPD, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRU, Standard, Advanced, PCRS Produced / Collaboration, Expert
Inhalation is the main route for administration of drugs for conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The advantage of administering drugs by inhaler is that drugs are delivered directly to the site of action within the airways.
The webinar will be held on Wednesday 9th October 2024 at 19:00 for 45 minutes. Chaired by Katherine Hickman (our PCRS Executive Chair), she and guest speaker, Noreen Grant (GP), will focus on:
Taxonomy: Current, Greener Healthcare, Inhaler devices, PCRS Position Statement, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Concerns about the environmental impact of the propellant gases used in pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) and the plastics used in all single-use inhaler devices have made them an important focus for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the NHS.
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Asthma, Current, Inhaler devices, PCRU, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has for the first time approved the use of a dual (ICS/beta-agonist) combination treatment to be prescribed as a reliever therapy for people aged 12 and over with the therapy choice situated early in the asthma treatment pathway as an
This edition sees a focus on antibiotics – a hardy perennial topic that requires regular re-visitation. Whether for respiratory infections or as part of rescue pack use, the practical guidance given, together with the views of patients, aims to support your decision-making in practice.
Reducing the environmental impact of single use inhalers for the treatment of asthma and other respiratory diseases has become an important touch point as the NHS seeks to achieve its promised
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Greener Healthcare, Inhaler devices, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Vikki Knowles - Surrey: Minimising MDIs Independent Respiratory Nurse Specialist Vikki Knowles shares the early stages of work being done to minimise the use of Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) in their practice in Surrey and how that can positively impact the greener healthcare environment
Taxonomy: 15 minutes, Current, Greener Healthcare, Inhaler devices, Videos / Webinars, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
Dr Kat Parker - Bristol: Switching to DPIs In this case study from Dr Kat Parker, she shares her experience of how her practice in Bristol has been switching patients from Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) to Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) where appropriate to do so, when and how they communicat
Taxonomy: Current, Inhaler devices, Member Only, Podcasts, 30 minutes, PCRS Produced / Collaboration
In this episode specialist respiratory nurses Viv Marsh (Paediatric Asthma Nurse Specialist, Dudley, West Midlands), Rebecca Bryson (Children's Respiratory Nurse specialising in Asthma and Allergy, Arrowe Park Teaching Hospital, The Wirral) and Lesley Kennedy (Asthma and Allergy Nurse Specia