Materials you can print

The current collection of Oregon Asthma Resource Bank materials is listed below. To learn more or download a file, click on the title.

Tools for providers

• Tools that providers can use to support on-going care to their patients. These pdf documents include an Asthma Action Plan that summarizes the doctor’s instructions for self-management of asthma, a questionnaire to be completed by patients with asthma when they come for an office visit to assess control, and a Quick Reference Pocket Guide that contains a brief guide to the stepwise approach for managing asthma, as well as a dosage chart for inhaled corticosteroids. Also included is the Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon, which provides baseline indicators for use by health systems and clinics to monitor quality care:

   

  • Asthma Action Plan

     

  • Patient Questionnaire

     

  • Stay Updated and Save Time: Quick Reference Pocket Guide

     

  • Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon

Patient education handouts

• Brief patient education handouts. Providers can use these brief handouts (all in pdf format) to help explain specific topics to their patients and reinforce key messages of prevention and control of asthma. Some have places for the doctor to write down names of medicine and instructions for using them. Current handout topics are listed below:

   

  • Questions and Answers about inhaled corticosteroids for asthma 

     

  • What to do if you get asthma symptoms when you exercise 

     

  • Taking your "daily control" medicine for asthma

     

  • What to do about a cold or the flu when you have asthma 

     

  • Asthma and secondhand smoke

     

  • Smoking and asthma 

     

  • Pets and asthma

     

  • What is asthma and what can you do about it?

     

  • Why do you need two different types of asthma medicine?

     

  • What to do when you have an asthma attack

     

  • What things cause asthma attacks for you?

     

  • Warning signs of possible problems with asthma

Tools for school staff

• Tools for school staff. Schools can use the following tools to help staff support students with asthma. Current handout topics are listed below:

   

  • Tips for school staff about physical activity ofr students with asthma 

     

  • When a student has an asthma attack

• There is no charge for these materials, but a few restrictions apply. Before you download, please read this: What restrictions apply to using these materials?

   

• Materials will be updated periodically. To help you check on whether you are using the most recent version, all materials include a date in the middle of the credit line at the bottom of the page.

   

• New materials will be added from time to time. Please sign up for e-mail alerts to learn about new and updated materials.

   

• You can print in color or black and white. Each piece is provided in two versions (color pdf, black and white  pdf ).