Looking for used Ventolin inhalers (no medicine)

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Strange one - I've just started teaching first aid and am trying to get hold of a couple of used blue and brown inhalers for demonstration/training purposes (obviously without the actual medicine). You don't appear to be just able to buy the devices and I don't know anyone with asthma. Someone suggested posted somewhere like this! Ideally I'm after 2 blue and 2 brown and will obviously pay postage. Do let me know if you can help :)

Contact drug companies that supply inhalers, they always have demonstration ones.

Ask at pharmacy. Ours takes the. For recycling.

You can also download the British Red Cross apps, which have simple instructions and videos you can use in training.
https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/first-aid-apps

Sadly only for healthcare professionals (and first aid trainers don't count) :(

Great if you can get props but when you did your trainer training were you not recommended to use the Red Cross videos and ask your participants if they have anything to share about Asthma?

That’s the current best practice across a number of trainer training programmes - for anyone wondering why, it’s because first aiders are generally limited to assisting casualties to use their inhaler, not administer it as its a
prescribed drug.

When delivering a course, I brush over the regular use (brown, yellow) inhalers and go heavier on the rescue (blue) inhalers - invariably someone has asthma or a child with asthma so discussion is decent.