Asthma Care in Sports

Asthma in sports is a condition to prepare for, properly monitor and respond to in an emergency. Our Wolfson Children' s Hospital and THE PLAYERS Center for Child Health Asthma Educator Carey Smith and Bob talk about positive strategies to manage Asthma in Sports in this new episode.  Do you have an Asthma Action Plan for your child or athletes?https://www.jaxsmp.com
Asthma Action Plan
Green - Daily GO Zone!
You are well:
• Breathing is good
• No cough or wheeze
• Sleep thru the night
• Can run and play
Use Controlle Medicine daily. Use SPACER with inhaler. For Asthma with exercise: take Albuterol 2 puffs
15 minutes BEFORE exercise IF NEEDED.

Yellow - Sick CAUTION!
You have an asthma flare-up:
• First sign of a cold
• Exposure to trigger
• Cough
• Mild wheeze
• Tight chest
• Coughing at night
Continue CONTROLLER & ADD QUICK RELIEVER medicine, use 2-4 x/day
with asthma flare-up, cold symptoms
Albuterol (ProAir, Proventil, Ventolin)
or Xopenex
Albuterol or Xopenex nebulizer
2 puffs Unit dose
Every 4 hours as needed
Every 4 hours as needed
If Albuterol or Xopenex is needed more than every 4 hours CALL YOUR
DOCTOR to BEGIN ORAL STEROIDS: Orapred or Prednisone for 3-5 days

Red - DANGER! Take these medicines and CALL your Doctor
Your asthma is bad:
• QUICK RELIEVER not
helping within 15-20 minutes
• Breathing is hard and fast
• Nose opens wide
• Chest/ribs suck in
• Trouble talking and walking
REPEAT Albuterol (ProAir, Proventil, Ventolin) or Xopenex inhaler 2 puffs
every 5 minutes x 3
or
–REPEAT Albuterol or Xopenex nebulizer back to back x 1
–Call Doctor or 911-Rescue or GO to ER

For More Information, go to: www.nhlbi.nih.gov
NIH Publication No. 07-5251