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lifesaving tips
When you’re caring for someone with
COPD, it’s important to
understand when it's time to seek emergency treatment. Your healthcare professional
can give you a few guidelines about this. Have a plan ready so you can seek help
as quickly as possible. This can include deciding which hospital to go to, having
emergency phone numbers handy, and informing other caregivers, neighbors, or
family members of your emergency action plan.
avoid contagious illness
Someone with COPD is much more susceptible to influenza and lung infection.
So it’s very important to protect the person you’re caring for from these illnesses.
Be sure to wash your hands often, and make sure your loved one with COPD washes
often, too. Avoid close contact with people who have a cold or influenza, and
steer someone with COPD away from close contact with sick people. Be sure to
take someone with COPD in for a flu shot each year at least 6 weeks before
flu season. Finally, ask the healthcare professional about a pneumonia shot.
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