It was a hot, dry, and smoggy day in Riverside, California, where the Poly Bears

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It was a hot, dry, and smoggy day in Riverside, California, where the Poly Bears were competing against the M.L. King Sharks. Richard, the star runner for the Bears, was ahead of the pack at the 21/2-mile mark when his breathing became labored. Richard is an asthmatic and had left his inhaler at home, in a rush to make it to school that day. Even though his breathing became labored, he was determined to keep the pace up and win the event.

The Poly Bears had set up emergency stations at each 1/2-mile mark to look for any type of medical condition. The medical station at mile 21/2 could see Richard was having trouble.

What should the person at that medical station do? If Poly was the home team, how could they have prepared for this situation? If Richard does have an asthma attack, what are the first aid procedures?

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What should the person at that medical station do? If Poly was the home team, how could they have prepared for this situation? If Richard does have an asthma attack, what are the first aid procedures?

The medical team should help Richard, as he seems to be in a condition where he appears to be out of breath. Being a medical team, the first step is to help any person who needs help. If the team decides to help Richard at this point, he might not win the competition, but will be saved from any complications that might occur due to an asthma attack. If the team decides to help them in the next mile, his condition might worsen.

The first aid steps for an asthma attack include :

- sitting the patient tight in an upright position

- using an inhaler from a first aid kit , since in this case he doesn’t have one.

- the cap of the inhaler has to be removed along with shaking it .

- the person has to be made to breathe out completely and he has to put his mouth tightly around the mouthpiece.

- a puff has to be delivered, by pressing the inhaler

- he needs to breathe in, in a slow manner and has to hold his breath for 10 s.

- a total of four puffs, with an interval of one minute within the puff has to be given.

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