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‘Ky’s lips were going white, his breathing had stopped’
“He couldn’t breathe, so I gave him his EpiPen. He let out one gasp, then another and another. He was…
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Author: Brooke Szabo
Posts by Brooke Szabo
Paramedic urges: don’t delay asking your doctor about asthma
Jude Barnes often pulls long overnight shifts as a paramedic in Hobart, responding to people in medical crisis, including…
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72 year old diagnosed with adult-onset asthma
When the frigid winter winds sweep into Tasmania and wood heater smoke fills the air, retiree Mary Keller knows it’s…
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NAIDOC Week – Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! Asthma Australia celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
In honour of NAIDOC week, we are celebrating our amazing Graphic Designer Danielle. As well as being incredibly talented at creating Asthma Australia’s visual…
A Message From The CEO
This has been another challenging year for people with asthma and their carers. The enduring and evolving impacts of…
Steph’s sudden asthma attacks left her husband ‘preparing for the worst’
“There was no airflow into my left lung.” Like many people with asthma, Stephanie Lanteri has had it since childhood and it always flare-ups during…
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Talk Asthma with your doctor – Signs it’s time for an Asthma Review
Good asthma management is more than reaching for your puffer – it starts with prevention. Poorly controlled asthma can lead to an…
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How to save money at the chemist this spring
Jump to Hay fever medication savings Jump to Asthma medication savings Achoo! Did you know that approximately 80 per…
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Asthma put Jasmine in hospital at Christmas – she felt like she was suffocating
It should have been an amazing Christmas for Jasmine. Jasmine and her husband Pete had just brought their newborn twins Leo and Eliza, home and they…
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“Asthma killed my sister” – why Cherylleigh’s calling for climate action.
My 19-year-old sister lost her life during the 2019 Black Summer Bushfires. Not being able to walk through life with…
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