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Signs of an emergency

Using your reliever a lot
Your reliever isn’t helping
It’s difficult to breathe
You can’t talk in full sentences
Your symptoms (chest tightness, wheezing and coughing) are worse than normal
Your peak flow reading is less than half your normal¹

Find out what to do in an asthma attack here

Approval code: UK/RESP/17/0032l(1)

Date of preparation: January 2020

References

Your asthma action plan. Asthma UK. Available at: https://www.asthma.org.uk/globalassets/health-advice/resources/adults/dh025_asthmaactionplan2019_editable.pdf Last accessed: January 2020.