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The FLARE plan is a comprehensive and concise tool to help patients receive discharge instructions based on the NAEPP Guidelines for asthma management. Follow up with your doctor Learn your medications Asthma is a chronic disease Respond to warning signs Emergency Care These uniform emergency department discharge instructions may help reduce preventable emergency visits and hospitalizations by saving time, presenting thorough asthma educational messages, and by improving the quality of care and quality of life by providing the asthma patients with a plan of action until they can follow-up with their primary care physician.

The Asthma Guide teaches parents and patients what to do in every asthma situation, how to get the best effect from their asthma medicines, how to track asthma with a diary and when to call for help. It includes special tips on managing asthma at school and while traveling, real-life asthma stories and detailed information on the use of inhalers, peak flow monitoring and home treatment plans. Also contains a resource section, medical bibliography, glossary and index