Inhalers Flashcards
Diskus
- check dose counter to the see amount of doses remaining
- open inhaler using thumb grip slide
- hold inhaler horizontally and load dose by moving the lever downwards. You will hear a click.
4 exhale away from the inhaler. - take a QUICK and DEEP breath
- hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- If corticosteroid, rinse mouth.
Ellipta
- check dose counter to see the amount of doses remaining
- slide open mouth pience cover. You will hear a click.
- breath out away from the inhaler.
- take a QUICK and DEEP breath
- hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- slide back cover to close mouthpiece.
Flexhaler
- remove cover
- rotate brown grip in one direction
- rotate it back in the other direction and you will hear a click.
- exhale away from the inhaler
- hold flex haler horizontally and take a QUICK and DEEP breath.
- hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- close cap
Handihaler
- Open dust cap
- Open mouthpiece
- Load capsule
- Close mouthpiece. You will hear a click.
- Press piercing button on the side once. You will hear another click.
- exhale away from the inhaler.
- Hold inhaler horizontally. Take QUICK and DEEP breath. You should hear the capsule rattle.
- Hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- Breath through the mouthpiece again to make sure you get the complete dose.
- Open mouthpiece to remove the capsule.
- Close mouthpiece and dustcap.
Metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
- remove cap
- shake inhaler
- tilt head back slightly
- exhale away
- Put the inhaler in you mouth and start taking a SLOW and DEEP breath at the same time you press down on the top.
- Hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- If you have to repeat, wait 30 seconds in between each dose.
Metered-dose inhaler (MDI) with spacer
- remove cap from inhaler
- remove cap from the space
- shake inhaler
- put spacer on
5.tilt head back slightly - exhale away
- Put the spacer in you mouth and start taking a SLOW and DEEP breath at the same time you press down on the top.
- Hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- If you have to repeat, wait 30 seconds in between each dose.
Respimat
- hold respimat stright up
- turn the transpaent base in the direction of the arrow
- open the cap, you will hear a click
- tilt head back slightly
- exhale away
- Put the respimat in your mouth, start taking a SLOW and DEEP breath and press the dose dispensing button at the same time.
7.Hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
Twisthaler
- hold twist haler stright up
- rotate the cap in a counterclockwise direction to opne
- lifting the cap will load the dose (the dose counter on the base will go down by 1)
- make sure the indented arrow is located directly above the dose counter
- exhaler away
- put twisthaler in your mouth horizontally. Take a QUICK and DEEP breath.
- Hold for 10 seconds or if you cant make it to 10 seconds, as long as you can.
- put the ca[ ack on by rotating in the clockwise direction and gently pressing down. You will hear a click.
ICS Flexhaler
Brand: Pulmicort
Generic: ___
budesonide
ICS MDI
Brand: Alvesco
Generic: ___
Brand: ___
Generic: fluticasone propionate
Brand: Asmanex
Generic: ___
- ciclesonide
- Flovent
- mometasone
ICS Ellipta
Brand: ___
Generic: fluticasone furoate
Arnuity Ellipta
ICS Diskus
Brand: ___
Generic: fluticasone propionate
Flovent
ICS Twisthaler
Brand: ___
Generic: mometasone
Asmanex
LABA Respimat
Brand: ___
Generic: Olodaterol
Striverdi Respimat
LABA Diskus
Brand: Serevent
Generic: ___
salmeterol
LAMA Handihaler
Brand and Generic
Spiriva
tiotropium
LAMA Respimat
Brand and Generic
Spiriva
tiotropium
LAMA Ellipta
Brand: ___
Generic: umeclidinium
Incruse Ellipta
ICS/LABA Diskus
Brand: Advair
Generic: ___
fluticasone/salmeterol
ICS/LABA MDI
Brand: Symbicort
Generic:
Brand: Dulera
Generic: ___
- budesonide/formoterol
- mometasone/fomoterol
ICS/LABA Ellipta
Brand: Breo Ellipta
Generic: ___
fluticasone/vilanterol
LABA/LAMA Respimat
Brand: Stiolto
Generic: ___
olodaterol/tiotropium
LABA/LAMA Ellipta
Brand: ___
Generic: vilanterol/umeclidinium
Anoro Ellipta
ICS/LAMA/LABA Ellipta
Brand: Trelegy Ellipta
Generic: ___
fluticasone/umeclidinium/vilanterol
SABA MDi
Albuterol Brands (3)
ProAir
Ventolin
Proventil
SABA MDI
Brand: ___
Generic: levalbuterol
Xopenex
SAMA MDI
Brand: ___
Generic: ipratropum
Atrovent
SAMA/SABA Respimat
Brand: Combivent
Generic: ___
ipratropium/albuterol
