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Train School Staff on How to Manage Asthma and Keep Kids in School

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One of School Health’s vendor partners, Katie Tasker, Marketing Communications Project Manager from Briggs Healthcare, wrote this blog to help educate on the use of asthma medication delivery and management devices at school.

Asthma is the number one cause of absence from school for children.¹ However, by training health aides and school assistants on the use of peak flow meters and nebulizers you can help keep asthmatic children in school and working to their full potential.

Train on proper peak flow techniques in three simple steps:

1. Stand up if possible. Take a deep breath, place the Peak Flow Meter in your mouth and hold horizontally, closing the lips around the mouthpiece, then blow as hard and as fast as you can.

2. Note the number on the scale indicated by the pointer.

3. Return the pointer to zero, and repeat the procedure twice more to obtain three readings. Mark the highest of the three readings on your chart.

Train on use of a compressor nebulizer in four simple steps:

1. Twist the nebulizer cover counterclockwise to separate. Add the medication to the cup and reassemble.

2. Attach one end of the air tube connector to the air stem and the other end to the base of the nebulizer.

3. Attach the angled mouthpiece to the top of the nebulizer.

4. Press the power button and begin treatment.

Train on use of an ultrasonic nebulizer in four simple steps:

1. Remove the cover and fill water reservoir with water.

2. Place medication cup above water reservoir and fill cup with medication. Replace cover.

3. Attach battery pack to unit.

4. Press the power button and begin treatment.

¹Managing Asthma A Guide For Schools