Ask for asthma action plans
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Reviewing your policies and procedures’
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Ask whānau for an up-to-date action plan
Ask whānau for an up-to-date action plan
Asthma action plans are developed for a child by a health professional. This example of an asthma action plan includes actions to take for different stages of asthma.
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Purpose of asthma action plans
Purpose of asthma action plans
Asthma action plans are individualised and help the child or young person with asthma and/or their carer to manage their asthma (including medications) and recognise worsening asthma. They give clear instructions on what to do in response to an asthma attack.
Source: National Asthma Council, Australia (opens in a new tab/window)
Benefits of asthma action plans
Benefits of asthma action plans
- everyone has access to the same medical information
- personalised support is provided if asthma symptoms get worse
- children and young people can identify what to do when they are well, unwell, or need help in an emergency
- all staff are confident about recognising and responding to an asthma emergency.
Parent voice
Parent voice
Zak’s written asthma action plan gets updated any time his treatment changes. I make sure that the school and the boys’ dad have a copy too, so that we’re all working from the same guidelines. It’s got all the important information on it and I find it very helpful to make sure everyone is doing what they should be.
Mother of two sons with asthma
Health care and action plans
Health care and action plans
Health care plans
- A health care plan identifies a child’s serious health conditions and the support needed. Only people with severe or poorly controlled asthma will need a health care plan.
- Principals in schools and persons responsible in ECE services, with input from a child’s wider support team, write health care plans.
- Use the Ministry of Education drafting health care plans criteria p.18 to determine if a learner requires a health care plan.
Asthma action plans
- Action plans support children and young people with mild and occasional symptoms to severe asthma episodes.
- Asthma action plans support health care plans.
- They are developed by a health professional with the family.
- Ask for a copy of the learner’s asthma action plan.
Useful resources
Useful resources
School policies and asthma plans
School asthma policy
Read time: 2 min
A suggested asthma policy for NZ schools.
Publisher: Asthma + Respiratory Foundation, NZ
Download PDF
Child asthma action plan
An example of an Asthma Action Plan.
Publisher: Asthma + Respiratory Foundation, NZ
Teacher’s asthma toolkit: Asthma management
Information on asthma action plans. This web page includes a video of a parent talking about asthma action plans.
Publisher: Asthma + Respiratory Foundation, NZ
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