Paediatrics · Explanation & counselling

Spacer and asthma plan

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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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. Sophie Halvorsen has brought her son Kai, 6, who has asthma, for a review after two emergency department visits this winter.

  1. Take a focused history from Kai's mother

  2. Counsel Kai's mother on his asthma medicines and spacer technique

  3. Agree a management plan with Kai's mother

  • A placebo puffer and spacer are on the desk
  • You do not need to examine Kai