Do people usually survive asthma attacks? Please answer my freind is in the hospital?
Author: So this is really freaking me out. One of my friends had a really bad asthma attack on Monday and he is still in the hospital right now on oxygen because he can't breathe. So do people usually survive asthma attacks if they go to the hospital? THANKS SOOO much I really appreciate it.
If an attack is going to kill you it'll do it within the first hour or so and usually before you get to the hospital. Once in the hospital there are many things they can use. They can go as far as putting a tube down your throat and placing you on a respirator in addition to all the medications. These things do not always work. A lot of people still die from asthma. The sooner you get to a hospital the better but sometimes there's nothing they can do.
From what you've said it sounds as if your friend will be just fine.He should hook up with an asthma educational class when he gets out. Ask his Respiratory Therapist for more information on that.
God bless.