Presentation Outline ICHP Annual Meeting September 13-15

Green Zone
• Patient is not having symptoms
• Patient can do usual activities
• Patient should take regular medications as
prescribed p
Asthma Action Plan. (NIH Publication No. 07-5251). Bethesda, MD: April 2007. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Red Zone
• Patient is very symptomatic
• Patient may have progressed to this stage
from the Yellow Zone
• Patient needs to use high doses of quick‐relief
medicine and call his/her doctor or go to the
hospital
Asthma Action Plan. (NIH Publication No. 07-5251). Bethesda, MD: April 2007. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Yellow Zone
• Patient is having symptoms or waking up at
night due to asthma
– Asthma symptoms may limit patient’s ability to do
some activities
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Asthma Action Plan. (NIH Publication No. 07-5251). Bethesda, MD: April 2007. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
References
1. National Asthma Control Initiative Action Guide. (NIH Publication 10‐
7542). Bethesda, MD: September 2010. U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute.
2. Kelly HW and Sorkness CA. Asthma. In: DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC,
Matzke GR, GR Wells BG, BG Posey LM, LM eds. eds Pharmacotherapy: A
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2011:439‐470.
3. PL Technician Training Tutorial, Dispensing Inhalers. Pharmacist's Letter
2012; 28(2):280230
4. Tips for Correct Use of Inhalers. Pharmacist's Letter 2008; 24(4):240406
5. Asthma Action Plan. (NIH Publication No. 07‐5251). Bethesda, MD: April
2007. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National
Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Questions Post Test Question
1. Which of the following asthma medications is
a beta‐agonist?
a. Albuterol
b Fluticasone
b. Fluticasone
c. Tiotropium
d. Budesonide
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