title: How to intervene before asthma turns deadly.
abstract: Patients with a severe exacerbation of their asthma are at risk of respiratory arrest and death. Your prompt assessment and intervention can save a life.
authors.affiliation: Educational Medical Consultants, Meriden, Conn., USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy