Educate patients, cut return asthma visits.
An effective asthma education program can reduce return visits to the ED and adverse outcomes. The program should be tracked to ensure that every asthma patient receives education. ED nurses should work collaboratively with respiratory therapists. Patients should be called shortly after their ED visit to ensure they understand their discharge instructions and have made follow-up appointments.
D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States