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This 24 page, spiral-bound children's book tells the story of living with asthma through simple words and colorful pictures.

This book can be used in:

 • Teaching both children and adults how to manage their asthma

• Group settings, such as schools, childcare centers, libraries, hospitals, and doctor offices

• One-on-one settings, such as meetings with asthma educators, community health outreach workers, and with friends or family members

This book is available in both large (14x11.5) and small (8.5x11) sizes.

• Large books are perfect for physician waiting rooms and childcare centers.
• Small books are perfect for clinician exam rooms and asthma educators.

This tool lists controller and quick relief medications, their class, age recommendation, doses/strengths, and priming protocols.

A key goal of the MaineHealth AH! Program is to improve the clinical care of asthma by supporting the consistent use of nationally developed guidelines in the diagnosis and management of asthma.

To support this effort, the AH! Program created this flip chart summarizing current recommendations for asthma care. The AH! Asthma Health Program efforts have been fueled by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians representing nursing, respiratory therapy, public health, primary care physicians, pulmonary and allergy/immunology subspecialists. This chart was adapted from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, 2007. Some recommendations reflect the local expert opinion of the AH! Asthma Health Program clinicians.

These guidelines were developed for healthcare professionals who provide asthma care to patients.

To order a spiral bound copy, contact Donna Levi at levid@mainehealth.org