OPEN AIRWAYS - Helping Bermuda Breathe - (441) 536-6060

       

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Training health care professionals island-wide
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Teaching people of ALL ages - The GOAL is CONTROL
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Helping to purchase for Asthma/COPD medications
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Raising awareness of asthma throughout the community
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Asthma

Asthma is a (long-term) lung disease, affecting your airways that carry air in and out of your lungs. It is common, disabling, distressing, misunderstood, life-threatening and TREATABLE!
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COPD

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) A group of lung diseases that block airflow and make it difficult to breathe, including Emphysema and Bronchitis.
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Programs

Our strategy to help is through EDUCATION - teaching throughout the community, in the schools, individuals and their families, as well as keeping health care professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists and physiotherapists) up-to-date on the latest guidelines for Asthma and COPD.
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Information and Notices

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2023/2024 Student Asthma Registry

2023/2024 Bermuda Student ASTHMA Registry – for all students with Asthma ages 4-18. NOTE: Each student must be added EVERY year as contact, health, school information may change....

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Medical Assistance Program

Medication Assistance Program – assisting those unemployed, uninsured and underinsured to purchase the vital asthma...

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Asthma – The GOAL is CONTROL

Asthma – The GOAL is CONTROL - no one need suffer from Asthma! Find out more about asthma, including triggers, treatments and most importantly – SMART therapy. ...

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Videos and links

Here is a selection of information videos, flyer, brochures and links which may be useful to patients and/or health care professionals. ...

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In Bermuda, 1 in 5 children and 1 in 10 adults have asthma

Our Team and Mission

Left to right:
Lindsay Bishop RN - Director of Asthma Education and Asthma Nurse Educator
Mary Ellen Ewles – Director of Operations

Mission: Open Airways is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of over 8,000 people in Bermuda whose lives are affected by asthma and other long-term breathing difficulties.

In Bermuda, Asthma is the #1 reason why people visit the ER with an average of over 4 patients every day.

Since we began our island wide asthma education, hospital asthma admissions have decreased approximately 83%.

Changing lives and possibly saving lives!

Helping Bermuda Breathe!

 

Open Airways is passionate about their work, well-trained and skillful in their approach, creative in the design of their outreach programs, and systematic in the evaluation of their activities. Open Airways is a model for effective, collaborative, charity-driven health activism and I admire the passionate leadership of Liz Boden, who has brought it to fruition.

Dr. Christopher Fanta, Brigham & Women’s

I have been an enthusiastic fan of Open Airways’ work since my arrival on-island. I truly value the incredible work carried out by your organization.

Colin Ryan, Pharmacist

It has been a real pleasure helping Open Airways.  Your team does a tremendous job and the community is lucky to have you all.

Sarah Cooke, Non-Profit Executive

Thank you so much for helping me get my Asthma under control. You took the time to meet with me, not just to drop off medication but you brought  pamphlets and took the time to show me how to  use  it correctly. I want to thank you for all you do – Not just for me but for the community of people who suffer with Asthma. A million thank you wouldn’t cover how much I appreciate you.

~Andrea Burch

You brought tears of joy to my daughter’s eyes as she read my Medication Authorization Letter.  Thank you. I am feeling so much better. My spirits have lifted.  I’m blessed to have good people in my life—you being one of them.

John Robinson

 

Our Mission

Open Airways is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of over 8,000 people in Bermuda whose lives are affected by asthma and other long-term breathing difficulties.

Contact info

Nurse: (441) 536-6060 - [email protected]

Info: (441) 238-3261 - [email protected]

 

P.O. Box HM 1164,

Hamilton HMEX, Bermuda

Registered Charity #458

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