Registered Nurse Asthma Educators provide children, young people and their families with support to manage their asthma. This free service from Canberra Health Services is available to all children up to the age of 18 in the ACT and surrounds. The service includes:

• advice on asthma, asthma first aid, how asthma medications work and when to use them
• symptom recognition for primary school children, aiming to support increasing independence
• support for teenagers to self-manage their condition and device options.

If any students/families would benefit from receiving asthma education, please advise them to call the Community Health Intake line on 5124 9977 to make an appointment.

Attachments:

• PAEDS Asthma DL Flyer (300 kb PDF)

Contact Children’s Asthma Education Service on asthmanurse@act.gov.au.