Station 37
Adele Anderson
Age: 16 years old female
Patient
Patient's Story (Role player’s brief)
Patient’s Story
You are Adele Anderson, a 16-year-old student who has booked this telephone consultation to discuss ongoing concerns related to your asthma.
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You experience shortness of breath and wheezing whenever you play football. You are passionate about sports and have ambitions to play at a professional level, so you train and compete regularly.
During football matches or trainings, you often need to use your blue inhaler in the middle of the game because your symptoms get quite bad. It usually takes about 30 minutes before you feel better.
You take your inhalers as prescribed: Brown inhaler (Clenil) – 2 puffs twice daily. Blue inhaler (Salamol) – when experiencing shortness of breath or wheeze.
Outside of exercise, you generally do not have asthma symptoms, although you occasionally wake up at night with a cough. You have no known environmental triggers, such as pets or mould in the house.
Social History: You live at home with your parents, 12-year-old brother, and 19-year-old sister. No one smokes in the household, and you do not smoke. You are currently in college, studying for your A-levels, and are performing well academically.
Ideas: You are unsure why you keep experiencing these symptoms.
Concerns: Your frequent shortness of breath and wheezing during football are affecting your performance. Your coaches are starting to question your fitness, and you worry that this may impact your chances of progressing in sports.
Expectations: You want to find a solution that allows you to manage your symptoms effectively so that you can play football without being held back by asthma.
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