Related resources - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Care Standard

American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Societ

• Standardization of spirometry 2019 update

Asthma Australia – videos

• Spirometry in primary care settings – Part I: Infection control advice
• Spirometry in primary care settings – Part II: Infection control guidance for performing spirometry

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• Lung Learning Hub

National Asthma Council Australia

• The spirometry handbook for primary care

NPS MedicineWise

• Getting ready for spirometry fact sheet

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

• Standards for spirometry training courses
• Standards for the delivery of spirometry for resource sector workers
• Pulmonary function testing during sars-CoV-2: An ANZSRS/TSANZ position statement

Tools for assessing symptom severity and the impact on daily living include:

• COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
• Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnoea Scale
• St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)

Tools for assessing psychological status include:

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
• Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
• Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)

Tests to assess exercise capacity include:

• Six-minute walk test or the incremental shuttle walk test for functional exercise capacity
• One-minute sit-to-stand test for aerobic capacity
• Five-repetition sit-to-stand test for lower limb strength.

Lung Foundation Australia

• Better living with COPD
• Better living with exercise
• Breathlessness
• COPD-X Handbook
• COPD Action Plan
• My COPD checklist
• Overview: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Action Plan

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Resources

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

• Australian Immunisation Handbook
• National Quitline telephone number – 13 78 48
• Tackling indigenous smoking

Cancer Council Victoria – Quit Centre

• Quitline referral form
• Resources and training for clinicians

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• Smoking cessation

NSW Health

• The facts about vaping

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia 

• Professional practice guidelines for pharmacists: Nicotine dependence support

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

• Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP) guidelines
• Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health professionals – Recommendations
• Three-step brief advice: Ask, Advise, Help

Australian and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines

Lung Foundation Australia – for patients

• Information support line – (free call) 1800 654 301
• Am I too sick to exercise?
• Better living with exercise booklet
• Lungs in Action program
• Peer Support Program
• Pulmonary rehabilitation fact sheet
• Pulmonary rehabilitation: A patient’s point of view (video)

Lung Foundation Australia – for clinicians

• COPD-X Handbook
• Giving lungs life: Pulmonary rehabilitation in lung disease (webinar)
• Pulmonary rehabilitation program location search
• Pulmonary rehabilitation referral form template
• Pulmonary rehabilitation toolkit
• Summary of the Australian and New Zealand pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• COPD inhaler device chart poster
• Stepwise management of stable COPD – fact sheet
• Inhaler device technique training videos
• Digital inhaler device technique training – online training for clinicians

National Asthma Council and NPS MedicineWise

• Inhaler technique device-specific checklists

Pharmacy Programs Administrator

• Home Medicines Review
• Residential Medication Management Review

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbtion (flare-up): Should I take antibiotics? A decision aid on antibiotics for COPD exacerbations in community settings
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard
• Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
• National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey Circular – COPD November 2022
• AURA 2023: Fifth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• COPD Action Plan
• Managing exacerbations algorithm
• Managing a COPD exacerbation checklist

Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

• Position statement on acute oxygen use in adults: ‘Swimming between the flags’ 

NSW Health

• Non‑invasive ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• Managing a COPD exacerbation checklist

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

• Essential elements for safe and high‑quality end-of-life care: National Consensus Statement
• Advance Care Planning Australia (website)

Lung Foundation Australia

• COPD-X Handbook
• Support and palliative care
• Managing breathlessness

Palliative Care Australia

• Asking questions can help – an aid for people seeing the palliative care team
• National Palliative Care Service Directory
• National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

• Advance care planning

• National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards: User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health – a guide for health service organisations to help improve the quality of care and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people based on the NSQHS Standards
• National Agreement on Closing the Gap – an agreement built around four priority reforms for transforming the way governments work with, and for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve outcomes
• Cultural Respect Framework 2016–2026 – a framework that commits the Australian Government and all states and territories to embed cultural respect principles into their health systems
• Western Australia Centre for Rural Health Clinical yarning – a patient-centred framework to improve communication in Aboriginal health care
• NSW Ministry of Health Aboriginal cultural engagement self-assessment tool – a resource for healthcare services
• NSW Health – Communicating Positively: A Guide to Appropriate Aboriginal Terminology.