Dealing with Hyperventilation / Panic attacks. A few words of advice from Hairaway Canada.

Short rapid breathing can be brought on by anxiety amongst other things. The symptons can usually last about 15 minutes to 30 minutes and can seem like hours to anyone having them. Though very frightening to the person, hyperventilation is not usually dangerous. Breathing into a paper bag increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood and relieves the symptons.

The following steps should be followed and in all if not most instances should provide a remedy within a short span of time. Your clients will appreciate the professionalism.

• Make direct eye contact with the person and avoid getting caught up in the panic. Speak slowly and clearly.
• Give short clear instructions.
• Make calming gestures.
• Allow the person some space.
• Minimise embarrassment and avoid an audience.
• Get them to sit down and sit with them at eye level.
• Ask them to loosely cover their nose and mouth with a small paper bag.
• Ask them to breathe slowly into the bag and re-breathe the air in the bag about ten times.
• Set the bag aside and ask them to breath normally for a couple of minutes.
• Repeat last two steps until the symptons lessen or go away.
• Encourage them to breath slowly asking them to inhale taking a long, slow breath ( breath with them).
• Hold the breath for 1+second
• Exhale slowly ( pucker your lips like you are going to kiss).
• Tell them to relax in a calm voice just before they reach the end of exhalation.
• Continue encouraging them to breath normally.

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