Thoughts from a respiratory therapist
I was at a family party over the holidays and was talking with a family member who is a respiratory therapist. Since I work in Public Health, I see things very differently from those who work in the medical field. I wanted to know what the respiratory therapist saw in the hospital every day. Here are his biggest frustrations/thoughts: Don’t buy cigarettes, buy Advair or Dulera instead (they are controller inhalers ). If you stay on your controller, you may not need to go to the ER. (Controller inhalers work to control the swelling in the lungs that happen when you have asthma. If you can keep the swelling down in your lungs, you will breathe much easier.) Don’t run out of your inhaler! Gotta do those refills! (I am guilty of running out of my controller inhaler - twice! I love that my inhaler has a counter on the back....but you actually have to LOOK at the counter. Oops!) Don’t smoke (Easier said than done, right? I have 2 family membe...