How To Handle An Asthma Attack?

Stay calm and patient and do not panic.Try to encourage the patient to sit up and help them take their asthma medication.
Sitting up can not only relieve some of the symptoms of an asthma attack, but it can also make administering medication much easier. If the patient does not have his own inhaler, it is safe to use the inhaler of someone else.
To use an inhaler, you should give the patient 2-4 puffs and wait at least five minutes before giving any more. It is vital that all the medication inhaled makes it to the lungs for it to be most effective.
Make sure you tell the patient what you are up to before giving them a puff of the asthma inhaler – by keeping them informed they will be prepared to take a breath at the same time.
And finally make sure you closely monitor the person having an asthma attack and determine whether or not you should call for further help.
Often it takes the inhaler medication up to 10 minutes to work, so if things have not improved in 10 minutes, you should call the doctor for immediate help.Continue to give the patient puffs from the inhaler, even if it does not seem to be working.As this is the only first aid that you could provide,until there is some other medical intervention.

It may not stop the asthma attack from happening, but it can help it from becoming worse and your help will comfort them and quicken the process of asthma control.