Get Asthma Treatment Plan Patient/Parent Instructions 2009-2024

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.

Follow Your Asthma Action Plan Take your meds, even when you feel OK. Keep an inhaler on you. If you notice symptoms, check your plan for instructions on what medications to take. During an attack, the plan can tell you what meds will help and when it's time to call the doctor.

The four essential components of asthma management are patient education, control of asthma triggers, monitoring for changes in symptoms or lung function, and pharmacologic therapy.

The nursing care plan goals for asthma focus on preventing the hypersensitivity reaction, controlling the allergens, maintaining airway patency, and preventing the occurrence of reversible complications.

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.

Your asthma action plan will include your medicines and instructions for what to do when you are feeling well, what to do when you have asthma symptoms and what to do when your asthma symptoms are getting worse. It should include the names of your medicines, how much to take and when to take it.

Nursing Management Check oxygen status. Listen to lungs. Assess for respiratory distress. Position patient upright. Administer medications as prescribed.

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.