Get asthma action plan

Asthma action plans must be provided to schools and childcare services and should be provided to other carers of children with asthma. Asthma symptoms should be reviewed with a doctor (GP) every 6 months for children and every year for adults, and the asthma action plan updated if necessary.

Your asthma action plan should include: Factors that make your asthma worse, "asthma triggers" Medicines you take to treat your asthma with specific names of each medicine. Symptoms or peak flow measurements (if used) that indicate worsening asthma.

Tell the operator that someone is having an asthma emergency. Keep giving the person 4 separate puffs, taking 4 breaths for each puff, every 4 minutes until emergency assistance arrives.

An asthma action plan (or management plan) is a written plan that you create with your child's doctor to help control your child's asthma. The goal of an asthma action plan is to reduce or prevent flare-ups and emergency department visits.

Your personal asthma action plan should include: a list of your usual asthma medicines, including doses. instructions on what to do when your asthma gets worse (including when to take extra doses or extra medicines, and when to contact a doctor or go to the emergency department) what to do in an asthma emergency.

Asthma first aid steps Step 1: Sit the person upright. Be calm and reassuring. ... Step 2: Give 4 separate puffs of blue/grey reliever puffer. Shake the puffer. ... Step 3: Wait 4 minutes. ... Step 4: If breathing does not return to normal, call triple zero (000) for an ambulance.

An integral part of asthma management is the development of a written asthma action plan by the person with asthma and/or their carer together with their doctor.

Asthma Action Plan | AAFA.org.