NEW PRODUCT - EPR3 and the Asthma Educator

EPR3 and the Asthma Educator is intended for health professionals familiar with asthma management. In a simple, easy-to-read format, it presents the changes made by the Expert Panel Report 3 (Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma) released in August 2007.

Topics include:

• A review of the EPR3 Guidelines highlighting the major changes since EPR2
• Classification of severity before treatment using impairment and risk domains
• Handling an asthma exacerbation causes, assessment and treatment
• Step approach to asthma management new 6-step method with age-related comparison table
• EPR3 additions to comorbid conditions that include
  - allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  - asthma and sleep apnea
  - sulfite sensitivity
• Changes since August 2007
  - medications including Alvesco and Symbicort
  - devices such as the Flexhaler and Twisthaler

EPR3 and the Asthma Educator is a full-colour supplement to the textbook Asthma Education: Principles and Practice. $49.97 plus $12 for shipping.

Phone 1-888-ASTHMA-6 (278-4626) now to place your order.

 

What's New: Subscription Service

In addition to our Textbook Update Services (now expanded and renamed as the Textbook Supplement Service), we offer access to our library of research papers, articles and publications. Three new Subscription Services are offered. To read about them, click here.

To subscribe to the Subscription Service, simply call our Order Desk toll free at 1-888-ASTHMA-6 (1-888-278-4626).

 

NEW PRODUCT - Asthma Medications in the USA

This full-color quick-reference chart presents asthma medication data in an easy-to-use format. It summarizes all the essential information on medications needed by an asthma educator or health-professional when dealing with a patient suffering from asthma.

For each asthma medication currently available in the US this chart shows:

Medication name (generic name and trade name)
Dosages
Strengths in which the medication is available
Delivery mechanism / device
Comments, cautions and warnings

To charts are available -- one for the USA and for Canada. For more information, or to purchase a chart, click the appropriate link below:

Asthma Medications in the USA (updated October 2007)

Asthma Medications in CANADA

 

Asthma 401 Teleclass

Asthma 401 is an eight-week teleclass for asthma educators who want to learn more about asthma, improve their teaching skills, and exchange ideas with colleagues in a virtual classroom setting.

Click here for more details.

 

Course Announcements

For information on upcoming courses and their start date, please see our Course Schedule.

Remember: class size limited to 15 persons. Avoid disappointment - to pre-register, simply call 1-888-ASTHMA-6 (278-4626) toll-free.

 

The Asthma Education Quarterly

The Summer issue of The Asthma Education Quarterly has been sent to subscribers and is now available in both PDF and printed form.

Topics covered in this issue include:

• What’s up with Long-Acting Beta-Agonists?
• Taking AIM at asthma

For more information, please click here.