Inhaler Videos- Do they really help Asthma patients using inhalers?

Inhaler technique is everything when people with asthma are taking their inhalers. Asthma patients use inhalers daily to build up resistance to the asthma attacks and control the asthma. Many people do not realize that they aren’t using their asthma inhalers correctly till they are assessed by their Physicians.

Doctors, Pharmacists, Asthma nurse and Respiratory Therapists can help the patients by reviewing their inhaler technique on each visit by verbal instructions or giving patient handouts. There are series of instructional videos that demonstrate the correct inhaler technique for multiple inhalers. People watch the inhaler videos, understand how to use their inhaler device, try few times but eventually they tend to forget the inhaler technique, there by leading to misuse of inhalers and reduced medicine effect in the lungs.

Further, when patients watch the inhaler video, there are high chances that they may miss out some steps performed by the instructor, leading to incomplete education on inhaler usage. There are times when patients try to use the inhaler exactly as shown in the video but due to language barriers, certain mistakes are still quite common like pressing the inhaler multiple times, not holding the inhaler properly etc. 

Increasing high rates of incorrect inhaler technique among the Asthma patients clearly proves that passive videos are less efficient source to educate the Asthma patients on the correct inhaler techniques.

Use-inhalers.com introduces a new interactive inhaler video that encourages the patient participation with engaging animated tools and inhaler quiz that can be shared with the Physician, thereby working on bringing the patients one step closer to their Physician’s attention. The audio-visual practice section can easily help patients to perfect their technique each time they use inhaler and thereby prevent the basic treatment failure with reinforced training on correct inhaler technique.