Supporting Patients
Management of Asthma
Asthma is a lung condition that causes respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest and cough that vary over time. It is estimated that 300 million individuals are affected worldwide. It is a global health problem affecting all age groups and is prevalent in many developing countries. The content of this page will support you when counselling patients about their asthma treatments, inhaler techniques and when developing their asthma action plan.
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Asthma Society of Ireland support
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Inhalers technique checklist:
- Metered dose inhaler checklist
- Easi-Breathe checklist
- Turbohaler checklist
- Diskus checklist
- Forspiro checklist
- Autohaler checklist
- Twisthaler checklist
- Easyhaler checklist
- Aerolizer checklist
- Respimat checklist
- Breezhaler COPD checklist
- Genuair COPD checklist
- Handihaler COPD Checklist
- Nasal Pump Spray checklist
- Nebuliser checklist
- Nasal drops checklist
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Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)
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Spacer technique checklist
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Additional support
| HSE PharmaVax – Technical | 087 067 2155 087 197 5465 | a2ihids.support@hse.ie |
HSE PharmaVax – Data Entry/Data Quality | 01 240 8786 (Data Quality Support Team) 01 448 5699 (Relationship Management Team) | pharmacyvaccines@vision.com |
Healthmail – Passwords, verification code, PSI details | 1800 800 002 | ictsupport@three.ie |
| NIO – Clinical (advice, incidents report, additional documentation) | immunisation@hse.ie | |
UDD – Order & Delivery (supply/damage report) | 01 463 7770 | vaccines@udd.ie |
NIO – Cold Chain (storage condition concerns) | Cliona Kiersey 087 991 5452 Achal Gupta 087 406 4810 | |
| PCRS – recording a patient who received a vaccination and does not provide a PPSN | PCRS.VaccineRecord@hse.ie | |
| PCRS – Payment (claims) | 01 864 7100 | PCRS.PPUQueries@hse.ie |
| Department of social protection – PPSN lost | 071 9672616 1890 927999 | |
