Tools for handling breathlessness and anxiety
Providing tools for lung patients to help them deal with breathlessness and anxiety
WHO estimates that COPD was the third largest cause of death globally in 2012. Breathlessness is experienced by all lung patients in the late / final stages of their disease and is a potentially life threatening situation if you panic. The three tools in our kit allow a user to plan for action and communicate about breathlessness before and when it occurs: 1. The user can communicate their current state of emergency by way of pointing. 2. Facilitates communication between patient and caregiver of how to handle a state of breathlessness and is designed as a personal checklist. 3. Facilitates the often difficult choice of how to act when a loved one is experiencing breathlessness and is a personal tool for the next of kin to keep calm and act. The kit could be relevant for all who experience breathlessness and anxiety. Cards are double sided available in A6 format and a wallet size 55*85 mm format both with a customizable backside. After testing source files will made available online.