Community Pediatric Asthma Service
Health Care Providers
We have gathered resources and tools for health care providers which will help provide consistent, medically accurate messaging for asthma patients.
Many resources found on our website are available for reprint through DATA/DCM. Click here for more information.
Looking for referral information? Click the link below.
Undiagnosed Asthma and COPD
"It's estimated that 70% of people with asthma or COPD go undiagnosed," Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improved their health and reduced their health care visits for respiratory symptoms in the year after diagnosis, according to a world-first clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Asthma Devices
Not sure which device to recommend? Use our new "Choosing the Correct Device" document
when discussing device choices for pediatric patients
In a hurry and need to print a device teaching sheet quickly?
All devices; MDI with Spacer & Mask,
MDI with Spacer & Mouthpiece, Diskus, Turbuhaler, Twisthaler, Ellipta, Nasal Spray
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Asthma Guidelines
Statement from the Canadian Asthma Management Consensus Summary:
“Asthma education is an essential component of asthma management for all patients. Guided self-management, combining asthma education, regular medical review, self-assessment and a written action plan has been shown to reduce hospitalizations, emergency visits, urgent physician visits, missed days at work or school, days of restricted activity and improved pulmonary function in children and adults.” -
What's New?
- Critical errors in inhaler technique common in children with asthma, (Journal of Hospital Medicine)
- What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes (video), (TEDMED)
- Nurses Explore the Health Effects of Vaping, (Georgetown University of Nursing)
- Do you have a patient who may benefit from payment assistance for their medicines? RxHelp card can help
- Consider habit cough, when cough is the primary symptom (video), (Habit Cough Association)
- Many of our CPAS resources are available for reprint through DATA/DCM. Click here for more information.
- Our most frequently asked question: Does my child have asthma?
- Not sure where to refer a patient in the Calgary area? Click here
- Use our new "Choosing the Correct Device" document when discussing device choices for pediatric patients
- Signs and symptoms it might be asthma (Checklist)
- Community Spirometry: A list containing links to labs and forms for Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Locations for Pediatric Spirometry, Calgary Zone
- Pediatric Asthma: Talk the Same Talk June 2023 - This newly updated document contains asthma knowledge for pediatric health professionals. Included in the Useful Links and Tools document, are the most frequently requested/used tools for quick access, in addition to more links for tools online
- Physician Orientation 2024: Important Information for Calgary Zone physicians who refer pediatric asthma patients
- Allergic Living
- Resources, Asthma Canada
- Blue Cross Long-Acting Fixed-Dose Combination Products for Asthma/COPD Special Authorization Request Form, (Alberta Blue Cross)
- Canadian Lung Association Breathe
- Canadian Network for Respiratory Care
- Primary Care Networks Specialist Link: Linking Calgary area physicians to specialists
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Material on this website has been designed for information purposes only. It should not be used in place of medical advice, instruction and/or treatment.
If you have specific questions, please consult your doctor or appropriate health care professional.