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dc.contributor.authorvan Wamel, Annelies
dc.contributor.authorProcter, Shaun
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-12T10:00:34Z
dc.date.available2021-06-12T10:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2010-02
dc.identifier.citationvan Wamel, A. and Procter, S. 2010. Why take a peak flow in asthma – a review. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2 (2), 56-62.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1759-1376
dc.identifier.issn2041-9457
dc.identifier.doi10.12968/jpar.2010.2.2.46760
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/1117
dc.description.abstractCurrent asthma protocols advocate the measurement of peak flow expiratory rate (PEFR) by staff in pre-hospital care in their assessment and management of acute asthma. Yet in practice many, if not most, omit to do this. The limited amount of recent research available – which has been conducted by doctors and accident and emergency staff and concerns patients admitted to accident and emergency departments – shows that PEFR is one of the best, if not the best, predictive assessment tool available to ambulance staff. Pulse oximetry and PEFR do not measure the same things and cannot replace each other. Not taking a pre- and post-treatment PEFR is potentially detrimental to patient care and does not comply with Joint Royal Colleges Service Liaison Committee and British Thoracic Society standards. Paramedic-led research on assessment and management of acute asthma in pre-hospital settings is lacking. Abstract published with permission.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAsthmaen_US
dc.subjectEmergency Careen_US
dc.subjectRespiratory Insufficiencyen_US
dc.subjectPeak Expiratory Flow Rateen_US
dc.subjectEmergency Medical Servicesen_US
dc.titleWhy take a peak flow in asthma – a reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Paramedic Practiceen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-06-15
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-06-15
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_US
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refterms.dateFirstOnline2013-09-29
html.description.abstractCurrent asthma protocols advocate the measurement of peak flow expiratory rate (PEFR) by staff in pre-hospital care in their assessment and management of acute asthma. Yet in practice many, if not most, omit to do this. The limited amount of recent research available – which has been conducted by doctors and accident and emergency staff and concerns patients admitted to accident and emergency departments – shows that PEFR is one of the best, if not the best, predictive assessment tool available to ambulance staff. Pulse oximetry and PEFR do not measure the same things and cannot replace each other. Not taking a pre- and post-treatment PEFR is potentially detrimental to patient care and does not comply with Joint Royal Colleges Service Liaison Committee and British Thoracic Society standards. Paramedic-led research on assessment and management of acute asthma in pre-hospital settings is lacking. Abstract published with permission.en_US


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