Monkey7935

I would recommend getting a nebulizer for home. Same care an ER will do. Some things you need to realize is signs and symptoms. When to get help and when you are fine with what you have. In that attack, nearest ER.

I'm going to tell you about a true attack I had just so you realize the lack of oxygen is not a thing to wait on. I was on a city bus, went into a full blown asthma attack, so much smoke hanging on clothes of people triggered me. My inhaler was not working for me. I grabbed my cell phone and called my doctor office, I couldnt be understood, I couldnt make a full sentence. The busdriver was too busy driving, finally someone across from me asked if I needed help. I handed her my cell phone and got my state id out and handed it to her. She explained to the doctor office what was going on. They told her to get me in right away. So she gave me my cell and id back, and then she walked me to the bus to go to the doctor. The driver on that bus finally noticed something was wrong, and he jumped off the bus and got the transit cops. By then I was blacking out for a couple seconds every minute. A race against time. Cop comes, and starts asking questions to me like nuts. Course delaying me help too...anyhow, got lucky that lady saw the cop get on my bus and jumped off hers running to mine and yells at the cop saying I had to get to the doctor asap and she would go with me. Finally the bus moves. We get to the clinic. I handed the receptionist my insurance and my id then passed right out. Not sure how, but I landed in a wheelchair. I was waking up and I had already got oxygen going in my nose andthe nebulizer was being shoved into my mouth. I was told that day, if I came 30 minutes later, that is the next bus here, I would of died. Now, if you EVER and I do mean EVER have any signs of lack of oxygen and not responding to your inhaler--GET help right away! And if you dont have a cell phone, GET one. Last month i woke up at 3am in a severe attack. I was blacking out in my bed. Of course, my man was at work. I had my cell in reach and dialed 911. They located me through cell towers and my 10 minutes of trying to say where I live. Paramedics treated me right in my bed then rushed me to ER. You need to always be prepared. It can hit anytime of the day.