NAME
DATE
NEXT ASTHMA CHECK-UP DUE
DOCTOR’S CONTACT DETAILS
EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS
Name
Phone
Relationship
Your preventer is: ...................................................................................................................................
(NAME & STRENGTH)
Take ................................. puffs/tablets............................................................ times every day
Use a spacer with your inhaler
Your reliever is:.......................................................................................................................................
(NAME)
Take ................................. puffs .....................................................................................................................
When: You have symptoms like wheezing, coughing or shortness of breath
Use a spacer with your inhaler
Peak flow* (if used) above:
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
(e.g. other medicines, trigger avoidance, what to do before exercise)
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Asthma under control (almost no symptoms)
WHEN WELL
ALWAYS CARRY YOUR RELIEVER WITH YOU
Peak flow* (if used) between and
Asthma getting worse (needing more reliever e.g. more than 3 times per week, waking up with asthma,
more symptoms than usual, asthma is interfering with usual activities)
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Contact your doctor
(e.g. other medicines, when to stop taking extra medicines)
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WHEN NOT WELL
Keep taking preventer: ......................................................................................................................
(NAME & STRENGTH)
Take ................................. puffs/tablets........................................................... times every day
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Use a spacer with your inhaler
Your reliever is:.......................................................................................................................................
(NAME)
Take ................................. puffs .....................................................................................................................
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Use a spacer with your inhaler
IF SYMPTOMS GET WORSE
Asthma is severe (needing reliever again within 3 hours, increasing difficulty breathing,
waking often at night with asthma symptoms)
Peak flow* (if used) between and
OTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Contact your doctor today
(e.g. other medicines, when to stop taking extra medicines)
Prednisolone/prednisone:
Take
........................................................................ each morning for ....................................days
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Keep taking preventer: ......................................................................................................................
(NAME & STRENGTH)
Take ................................. puffs/tablets............................................................ times every day
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Use a spacer with your inhaler
Your reliever is:.......................................................................................................................................
(NAME)
Take ................................. puffs ...................................................................................................................
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Use a spacer with your inhaler
www.nationalasthma.org.au
* Peak flow not recommended for children under 12 years.
Call an ambulance immediately
Say that this is an asthma emergency
Keep taking reliever as often as needed
DANGER SIGNS
Asthma emergency (severe breathing problems,
symptoms get worse very quickly, reliever has
little or no effect)
P e a k fl o w ( i f u s e d ) b e l o w :
DIAL 000 FOR
AMBULANCE
ASTHMA ACTION PLAN
Take this ASTHMA ACTION PLAN with you when you visit your doctor