Watch this insightful lunch chat on managing acute asthma emergencies. This session will explore key issues, including recognising when a deterioration qualifies as an “attack,” identifying appropriate treatment approaches, determining hospital admission needs, and considering alternative diagnoses for apparent asthma attacks. Take this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and refine your approach to asthma emergencies.

You will learn to:

• • Recognise the variability in asthma presentations and triggers
  • Understand the appropriate use of steroids and antibiotics in acute asthma management
  • Implement effective emergency room strategies for asthma emergencies
  • Identify acute respiratory conditions that mimic asthma but require different management.

Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit
MBChB, FRCP(UK), Dip HIV(Man), MMED, FCP(SA), Cert Pulm(SA), PhD, ATSF

Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit is a Professor of Pulmonology and consultant pulmonologist, in the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town South Africa. He is a principal researcher at the UCT lung Institute. Currently he serves as the immediate past-president of the South African Thoracic Society, and co-Chair of the American Thoracic Society International Health Committee.