title: 5-Step asthma approach: managing acute asthma in 5 steps or less.
abstract: Asthma requires immediate and expert care. Definitive therapy can begin in the field with most patients, who will significantly improve by the time they arrive at the ED. Paramedics become expert caregivers when they provide oxygen, administer combined continuous nebulization of beta agonists and anticholinergics, and consider magnesium and epinephrine for asthmatics with severe symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Corey M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Slovis
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000075202:Contraindications; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D004837:Epinephrine