NHS Steroid Emergency Card and National Patient Safety Alert
BTS recently hosted a webinar aimed at raising awareness of how the NHS Steroid Emergency Card and National Patient Safety Alert is relevant to respiratory patients. Resources are available via the links below and a recording of the webinar is available for BTS members here.
The assistance of the webinar speakers, Dr Hitasha Rupani, Professor Salman Siddiqui and Dr Helen Simpson as well as Elizabeth McKechnie is gratefully acknowledged.
July 2021
Downloads
Links
- Society of Endocrinology guidance: Exogenous steroid treatment in adults
- Society for Endocrinology - Information on adrenal crisis Includes a downloadable Steroid Alert Card
- RCP guidance for the prevention and emergency management of adult patients with adrenal insufficiency
- Guidelines for the management of glucocorticoids during the peri-operative period for patients with adrenal insufficiency
- BTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma 2019 Inhaled steroid doses - Table 12, Page 67