how to handle an emergency situation with asthma

Wow that is very scarey. I have a 12 year old that has Asthma and he has had some bad attacks but not as bad as yours. He has bad reactions to the cold weather and my ex-husband (his father) and I have shared parenting, and the dumb dad makes the child walk to school during the winter. Which wouldn't be bad if we lived in California or somewhere warm but we live in Ohio. I have tried to get him to drive the child or allow me to come and pick the child up but his wife won't allow it and she rules the house. One morning on the walk to school he had an attack, luckily his younger brother (my other child) was with him and ran ahead to the school to get an adult. The school administrator came and got my son. I worry that he will have an attack like yours one day. He starts coughing really bad and can't stop, he will start to vomit a lot. It seems that once he starts vomiting that he does get better very soon. Do you experience this as well? My son's specialist says that he has A-typical Asthma meaning that pets/dust and other things don't bother him it is mainly the weather conditions that do. I have only seen him have one Asthma attack during the hot weather (I keep him indoors as much as possible and we run the a/c)and that one was bad because I have him 3 breathing treatments and it didn't help. I ended up taking him to the ER and they had him several breathing treatments, then ended up giving him something orally to help and that worked. It does make me panic when he has a bad attack!

What to do for someone who has an asthma attack has always worried me as a good friend of mine has asthma very bad, sometimes we go to places and she coughs and coughs and sometimes is nearly sick, it worries me a lot...

My son has asthma and sometimes just going in and getting in an air conditioned room helps. There is not much else without having the meds. that I know of.

I don't have asthma but I do have COPD and I use an inhaler. Oddly, I found that sometimes when I don't have my inhaler if I take a huge gulp of sprite (yes the soda) without breathing that it helps a little to clear things up (although it hurts a little). I think it has something to do with the carbination. Hope that helps. If it does/doesn't work for you please let me know.

As an asthmatic person, NEVER leave or put your inhaler away from you especially that the air now is getting worst. Asthma runs in my family. I have an aunt who frequently experiences attacks. She is allergic to almost anything and she would just suddenly be grasping for air. In times like these, call for help. Breath using your accessory muscles, that would mean breathing with a visible movements of your shoulders. Your shoulder muscles are part of the accessory muscle of breathing. Stand in a stoop position. Stoop position in laymans term is "bend down" just a little not too much. Do proper breathing. Inhale from your mouth and exhale in your nose. Get a piece of clean cloth, damp it in water. As you inhale, use the damp cloth so you'll inhale fresh clean air. Not always though. Well, I hope I have shared to you some emergency techniques we use to combat asthma attacks. Avoid places or things that you think would lead you to attack. I have asthma too, but I prevent by avoiding things that would cause it. I live alone and I must be extra cautious. Take care =)