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Here's a taster of what is available to members on this page...Asthma Guideline Resources
The PCRS-UK offers members a range of materials to help in the management of patients with asthma, based on the British Guideline for the Management of Asthma was published by the British Thoracic Society (BTS)/ and Scottish intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) in May 2008 and last updated in May 2011. Resources for members include the following:- Quick Guide - Routine Management of Asthma in Primary Care  An online user-friendly ‘aide memoir’ based on the new revised 2008 British Guideline on the Management of Asthma (revised May 2011) and NICE guidance on the use of inhaled steroids in the management of asthma. The guide summarises the ‘must do’s’ for busy GPs and practice nurses and is intended for primary care health professionals to refer to in the course of a consultation. Downloadable slides of the ‘Quick Guide’ are also available for practices and PCOs to adapt for their own local use.Quick Guide - Test your Knowledge  This quick 10-question knowledge test has been designed to help you review your knowledge of the primary care related management aspects of thd guideline and identify any learning needs. This short test can be undertaken in just a few short minutes and once you have completed it you can immediately view the correct answers and compare them against your own.Quick Guide - Routine Management of Asthma in Primary Care  A summary guideline produced specifically for healthcare professionals working in primary care on the routine management of asthma. This quick guide can be downloaded and printed and made available for the whole practice team. The guide summarises the key aspects of the diagnosis and management of asthma in primary care. Primary Care Respiratory Society UK Equivalent Doses of Inhaled Corticosteroids Reference Table  A simple reference table providing details of equivalent doses of all commonly prescribed inhaled cortiocsteroids. For prescribing information please refer to the individual product’s Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).Other Primary Care Respiratory Society UK Asthma tools and Resources  The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK has a wide range of tools and resources to assist you in the management of asthma in primary care ranging from nurse patient group directions (PGDs), nurse protocols and checklists, a series of well respected Primary Care Respiratory Society UK opinion sheets and other supported materials. You can access all these materials by using our Quick Retrieval Tool and searching under the criteria asthma. Quick links to the relevant web pages are also listed below.Primary Care Respiratory Society UK Opinion Sheets  The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK provides a range of concise, easy-to-follow summary publications, called opinion sheets, aimed at providing practical guidance on the diagnosis and management of asthma to those working in primary care. opinion sheets are freely available for download from our website. Click the image on the left to access our opinion sheets. Included in our asthma range of opinion sheets are the following topics:
A range of nurse tools to support primary care nurses in the diagnosis and management of people with asthma are available for members of the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK to download, these include, patient group directions (PGDs), protocols and checklists including the following: PGDs  The supply/administration of salbutamol for reversibility testing in primary care by a designated healthcare professionalThe administration of salbutamol in acute asthma in primary care Protocols  - Spirometry in primary care - Management of acute asthma in primary care - Telephone consultations for routine asthma review - Asthma Review Checklist  - Asthma clinic checklist |
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