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Louise Madeley

Sep 23, 2026

10:47
And breathe in and breathe out and just be much calmer about it.
10:50
It is the hardest thing to do when all you want to do is breathe very quickly to try and force enough air into you.
10:58
You see people getting into that cycle of panic when they're having an asthma attack.
11:02
Really, that's a first aider's job.
11:03
That's what they're really there for, to bring everything down and just remind them that they are safe, they are breathing, they can think they're breathing, and everything will be okay.
11:15
In the meantime, finding their inhalers for them and helping them in that sense.
11:19
That's really the first aider's job.

7 MINS LATER

18:31
That's the key as much as anything.
3:23
And then as it goes along, I'll ask you any questions that I think people who are listening might want asked about it.
3:29
Yeah.
3:29
So in a nutshell, just to explain what an allergy is, and I'm going to go tiny bit medical for a second and then I'll stop.
3:37
I promise.
3:38
I'm not here to teach medical professionals how to suck their eggs or anything like that.
3:42
It's about teaching the basics of anaphylaxis and what an allergy is.
3:47
So in medical terms, an allergy is related to the immunoglobulin E antibodies.

10 MINS LATER

13:56
What about trying to reduce the risk of this actually happening across the school day? Again, you know, we've got a list of things here, which to me seems very comprehensive, I will say.

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