Lucinda, a 32-year-old woman, has had asthma since she was a child….

  

Lucinda, a 32-year-old woman, has had asthma since she was a child…. Lucinda, a 32-year-old woman, has had asthma since she was a child. Lucinda’s asthma is well controlled with a daily inhalation (morning) of Beclomethasone. When she has the occasional common cold, she also requires salbutamol to relieve her asthma symptoms.Three days after her mother developed a chest infection, Lucinda began to feel unwell. She became dyspnoeic within a day and had a temperature of 39.5 degrees Celsius. She wheezed and coughed and experienced bouts of chest tightness. Within a few hours her condition deteriorated, and her mother rushed her to the Emergency Department. A primary and secondary survey were done by the nurse practitioner together with the medical officer.They found the following:Vital signs• RR: 32 bpm and shallow• SpO2: 90% on room air• BP: 160/90 mmHg (MAP 113 mmHg)• HR 125 bpm• Temp: 38.5o CRespiratory assessmentLucinda was using her accessory muscles to help her breathe and on auscultation she had:• decreased breath sounds• abnormal breath sounds on inspiration and expirationShe was also having difficulties in completing sentences in one breath due to her dyspnoea. Lucinda is given corticosteroids explain mechanism of action, aim or therapy & evidence to show therapy is working 100 words  Health Science Science Nursing NURSING CXA240 Share (0)