General practice · Explanation & counselling

Puffer not keeping up

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Jake Torrens, 29, who would like a repeat script for his asthma reliever.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Explain the problem and your management plan to the patient

  • A placebo inhaler is available to demonstrate with

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