Enhanced Emergency Assessment Pathways for Asthma and COPD

Background

The latest NRAP State of the Nation report found that early emergency care for patients with asthma and COPD shows regional variation and in several areas has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. NRAP recommended that BTS should lead the development of a standardised acute care bundle to address this.

In response to this, BTS has worked in partnership with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), NRAP clinical leads and a multi-disciplinary group of respiratory specialists to develop pathways to support the rapid assessment and treatment of patients presenting to hospital with an exacerbation of asthma or COPD.

Consultation