Asthma Resource for kids/parents update (Royal Children’s Hospital)

Some more info for you all – a great resource from the Royal Children’s Hospital(RCH) for kids with Asthma:

The RCH have made some high quality family education videos of children using various asthma devices and nasal sprays,
and one on How to care for your spacer.

http://www.rch.org.au/genmed/clinical_resources/Inhaled_medications_for_asthma_and_rhinitis/

On that web page you will also find a short URL (www.sn.im/rch-puffers) that you can give to families to watch the videos at home.

The videos play really well on mobile devices like smartphones and iPads. The parent and child can watch the video on their phone in the room and then bookmark it for future reference. They can then always refresh their memory or show it to other family members, childcare, school etc.

Some other asthma resources that may be helpful are
o    Parent Handout – http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Asthma/
o    Action plan generator http://ww2.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/forms/asthmaPlan.cfm
o    Asthma devices photoboard http://www.mikesouth.org.au/Asthma_devices/enter_screen.htm