Individual_Health_Care_Plan_for_Asthma_for_BISS1.docVIP

Individual Health Care Plan for Asthma for BISS Student’s Name: Year Group/Class: Birth Date: Student Number: What Triggers Asthma Problems: Parent contact: Parent 1. Name: Home Phone: Mobile Phone: Work Phone: Parent 2. Name: Home Phone: Mobile Phone: Work Phone: Doctor/Hospital: Name: Phone: Address: Inhaler Use Demonstrated to School Nurse: Yes or No: Parent signature: Date: GREEN-MAINTENANCE -Breathing is good -No coughing or wheezing -Can work play Peak Flow Number ----- to ----- Medication Dose: When to give: YELLOW-CAUTION -Coughing -Wheezing -Tight chest Peak Flow Number ----- to ----- Medication Dose: When to give: RED-DANGER -Medicine is not helping -Breathing is hard fast -Nose opens wide -Can’t talk well or walk Peak Flow Number ----- to ----- Medication Dose: When to give: DON’T HESITATE TO CALL 120 School policy guidelines: Aims: A To enable all pupils with asthma to participate fully in all school activities. B To ensure that all staff are able to deal with a child who has an asthma attack. C To enable all pupils to take responsibility for their own medication. D To help all parents, pupils and staff to be well informed about asthma and to adopt a responsible attitude in its treatment. 1. What is asthma? Asthma is a disorder of the lungs. Underlying sensitivity and inflammation causes air passages or bronchial tubes to become narrowed, making it difficult to breathe in and out. Sudden narrowing produces what is usually called an attack of asthma. 2. How does asthma affect children? Children with asthma may develop episodes of attacks of breathlessness and coughing during which wheezing or whistling noises may be heard coming from the chest. Tightness felt inside the chest is sometimes frightening and may cause great difficulty in breathing. Individual children are affected by their asthma in different ways. One child may have very occasional, brief and mild attacks, while another may be fo