UK SCHOOLS CAN KEEP SALBUTAMOL INHALERS FOR ASTHMA ATTACKS

摘要

In a bid to reduce asthma deaths, schools in the UK will be able to hold stocks of salbutamol inhalers for pupils to use in an emergency when an amendment to the law comes into force in October 2014. Around 20 children in England and Wales die each year from asthma and most deaths occur before the child reaches hospital. A survey by Asthma UK found that 64% of children with asthma have at some point been unable to access a working inhaler in school and 62% have had an asthma attack while at school.