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Find the latest guidelines, learning tools, patient resources and a whole lot more.

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Asthma Best Practices Implementation Toolkit
An evidence-based, easy-to-use, and accessible collection of tools that support the delivery of asthma care for children, adolescents, and adults in alignment with Ontario Health’s Asthma Quality Standards.
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Additional Module Resources and References
A document that lists some additional, module-specific resources you might find helpful to your learning, and a full reference list for the e-learning module.
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Asthma Action Plan Tip Sheet
A handy summary of the instructions for completing the Asthma Action Plan yellow zone and when to refer to a specialist.
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Canadian Respiratory Guidelines: Key messages for the recognition and management of severe asthma (Slim Jim 2018)
Key messages for the recognition and management of severe asthma in children over 6, adolescents, and adults
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Canadian Respiratory Guidelines: Key messages on the diagnosis and management of asthma for preschoolers (Slim Jim 2015)
Canadian Thoracic Society respiratory guidelines with key messages on the diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers.
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Canadian Respiratory Guidelines: Recommendations for diagnosis and management of asthma for preschoolers, children, adolescents, and adults (Slim Jim 2018)
Canadian Respiratory Guidelines: Recommendations for diagnosis and management of asthma for preschoolers, children, adolescents, and adults (Slim Jim 2018)
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Canadian Thoracic Society 2021 guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults (Yang et al., 2021)
Canadian Thoracic Society 2021 guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults (Yang et al., 2021)
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eAMS - Electronic Asthma Management System
An EMR-based tool that verifies patients’ asthma control, recommends any required changes to green zone medications, and auto-populates an asthma action plan for clinicians while incorporating the Asthma Action Plan Yellow Zone Step-Up Guide. To learn more, please visit easthma.ca.
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Patient Video: Learn how to use a Diskus Inhaler
This 1.5-minute video from the Lung Health Foundation can assist your patients in using a Diskus inhaler properly.
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Patient Video: How to use a Turbuhaler
This 1-minute video from the Lung Health foundation can assist your patients to learn how to properly use a Turbuhaler.
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