Site Map	Take a Peak Flow Reading

• Introduce yourself and check the patient's identity
• Establish rapport with patient
• Explain the importance of technique and ensures understanding
• Check patients understanding of asthma
• Prepares meter appropriately
• Ask patient to take a deep breath and seal lips around the mouthpiece
• Ask patient to blow as fast as possible into the meter
• Read meter correctly
• Check peak flow against standard chart or patients personal record
• Indicates whether peak flow technique is satisfactory and comment on value
• Encourage patient's questions and deal with them appropriately

	Any comments or feedback please contact me by email: Tom Williams