an asthma attack is unresponsive to a patient's usual medication, other treatment options available for emergency management include: [ 122 ] Oxygen to alleviate the hypoxia that results from extreme asthma attacks (but not the asthma attack itself). Nebulized salbutamol or terbutaline (short-acting beta-2-agonists), often combined with ipratropium (an anticholinergic). Systemic