Download AeroChamber* VHC helps ensure medication is delivered deep in

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AeroChamber* VHC helps ensure medication is delivered deep in the lungs.
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More medication
collects in mouth
and throat (potential
for side effects)
Medication
reaches lungs
Inhaler Alone
Inhaler with AeroChamber* Brand VHC
(Valved Holding Chamber)
Exclusive
Flow-Vu* Inspiratory
Flow Indicator helps
provide assurance of
proper inhaler technique,
allowing caregivers to:
• Count patient breaths
• Ensure a secure seal
• Coordinate actuation
with inhalation
Your healthcare provider has recommended you use
AeroChamber* Brand VHC with your inhaler to
improve medication delivery.
Name: _________________________________________________________________
Healthcare Provider: _________________________________________________
Date:___________________________________________________________________
Small Mask
Medium Mask
AC Girlz*
AC Boyz*
Mouthpiece
Large Mask
My Asthma Action Plan
Goals of my asthma action plan
o No physical asthma symptoms
o No work or school missed because of asthma
o No restriction to normal activities
o Minimal use of a reliever inhaler
PEAK FLOW
My asthma is
Knowing my
asthma triggers
well controlled
81%
TO
100%
o No emergency visits or hospitalization for
asthma
PEAK FLOW
My asthma is
getting worse
50%
TO
80%
DANGER!
PEAK FLOW
LESS THAN
50%
Get help now!
Animal allergens and secretions
I experience ALL of the following:
I have ANY of these symptoms:
I have ANY of these symptoms:
Colds and infections
o Breathing is normal
o Sleep through the nights
Emotional anxiety and
excitement
o Can do all usual activities
o Shortness of breath during
the day or night
o Coughing, wheezing or
tightness in the chest
o Coughing at night more than
1 night per week
o Can do some but not all usual
physical activities
o Using quick relief medicine
more than 3 times per week
o First signs of a cold or flu
o Shortness of breath at rest
Dust mites
Food allergies
o No coughing, wheezing or
tightness in the chest
Gastroesophageal reflux
Hormonal changes
Inhaled irritants
(Perfume, talcum powder, hair
spray, chalk dust, pesticides)
Medications
Mold
Pollen
What should I do?
What should I do?
Continue my usual treatment as
follows:
Increase my usual treatment as
follows:
o Medication does not help
within 10 minutes
o Difficulty walking or talking
o Sucking in of the skin at the
front of the neck
o Lips and/or fingernails turn
blue
o IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT…
CALL AN AMBULANCE
OR SEEK IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL ATTENTION
Pollution
(ozone, sulfur dioxide, auto
exhaust, fire/wood stove smoke)
Vigorous exercise
Weather
(extreme temperatures, windy
conditions, changes in humidity
/barometric pressure)
DIRECTIONS
FOR USE
CLEANING
INSTRUCTIONS
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1 Plaza V, Sanchis J, CESEA Group. Medical Personnel and Patient Skill in the Use of Metered Dose Inhalers:
A Multicentric Study. Respiration 1998; 65:195-198. 2 Salzman GA, et al. Oropharyngeal candidiasis in
patients treated with beclomethasone dipropionate delivered by metered-dose inhaler alone and with
Aerochamber. J Allergy & Clinical Immun 1988;81 (2):424-428.
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