Asthma Action Plan

Your name:

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Emergency contact:

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Healthcare provider:

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Today's Date:

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Phone:

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Signature:

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Next appt (date/time):

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Phone:

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Phone:

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• No wheezing, coughing, or chest tightness

• Asthma is not bothering your sleep, work, or school

• You rarely or never use your quick-relief medicine

Peak flow is:

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80%-100% of personal best

• Keep taking your long-term  controller medicines

• Take your quick-relief
  medicines as needed

Avoid your asthma triggers (list):

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Long-term controllers:

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Name:

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Dose:

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How often:

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Special instructions:

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Quick-relief:

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Before exercise:

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• Some wheezing, coughing, or chest tightness

• When at rest, your breathing is a little faster than normal

• Asthma symptoms wake you up at night

Peak flow is:

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50%-80% of personal best, or
has lessened by at least 15%

You begin to have symptoms of a respiratory infection, if infections trigger your symptoms

• Keep taking your long-term controller medicines

• Use your quick-relief medicine

• If you do not feel better within an hour after using your quick-relief medicine, make sure you know what to do! You might use more medicine or use another medicine.

• Call your healthcare provider if you are unsure

Continue to take long-term controllers:

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Name:

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Dose:

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How often:

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Special instructions

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Name:

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Dose:

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How often:

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Special instructions:

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Quick-relief:

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If your symptoms don't go away after 1 hour, take:

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• Continuous wheezing, coughing, or trouble breathing

• Trouble walking or talking

• Asthma symptoms make it hard for you to sleep

Peak flow is:

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Less than 50% of personal best

• Use your quick-relief medicines

• Call your healthcare provider

Call 911 if:

• It is getting harder to breathe

• You can't walk or talk

• Your lips or fingers look gray or blue

Quick-relief:

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Quick-relief:

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Quick-relief:

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