Puffers are everywhere in my house, my handbags, the car glove box, the overnight bag as well as the beach bag. Keep checking them to make sure they aren’t out of date as well.

Another terrible childhood affliction. My son was tested for it at one stage, thankfully he was ok, he didn’t have it. Scarey for parents with kids that do have it

A fantastic checklist! We went away for the weekend just recently and overlooked packing the all essential puffer. Trying to find a chemist, in a foreign town on a weekend was a little stressful. I’ll be using this in future.

This is a great checklist. Very helpfull

Good tips.. I’m aware of these because hubbies asthma always seems to flare up when we go away.

Great and useful info to read thanks

Fantastic easy to understand information for parents and care givers, as a nurse it’s astounding how many people adults and children, are unaware of how important asthma protocols are

My granddaughter has been diagnosed with asthma just recently so this article has helped me to be aware of the problems involved & I printed this article for her parents also. So Thank you very much.

Great article. Plenty of thigns to keep in mind

I enjoyed reading this article, asthma can be very serious, preventers are so important!

what great advice. I have a daughter that is asthmatic but not yet confirmed diagnosis and it is so hard to see them struggling with it. Thanks for this post

it has never made sense to me why hotels or motels will choose carpet as a flooring, considering how hard it is too clean etc. definately stay somewhere with tiles because although you are supposed to not smoke in the rooms, they will always smell like people do anyway. carpet absorbs more of that smell and has irritants for asthmatics.

Timely reminder for me, I need to get a new script before we head away

so true I get asthma and 2 of my nieces as well, always in hospital, I hate to watch my nieces struggling for breath

In SA we have just had horrendous bushfires. Hospital Emergency Depts. have been exceptionally busy treating patients with breathing problems – some with asthma. One young boy wasn’t in the evacuation area but winds suddenly changed direction and some houses filled with smoke. Immediately he had an asthma attack and was rushed to the nearest hospital emergency dept while one adult was supervising ventolin treatment. The specialists decided he should be transferred to the Womens and Childrens Hospital and put on oxygen for 3 days before being released to continue his standard asthma medication.

Good reminder. I always carry a puffer for my kids, but as they are older and more independent, they need to remember their own. They have one in school bags, dance bags and sport bags (or have to remember to move them in between), but I really have to remind them all the time.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 09 Jan 2015 , 11:52 am

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  We keep them everywhere too!

I am so glad that none of my babies have asthma. I remeber my brother ending up in hospital late at night because of asthma atracks as a child

So much more to consider id your child suffers from asthma.

Thanks for sharing this important and informative article; it can be scary on holiday when an attack occurs. Good tips and thanks for the link too!

Thanks for mentioning the asthma app. I wasn’t aware of it.

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  • • mom57522 replied
    • 31 Jan 2015 , 10:18 pm

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  Neither was I! So many useful apps these days…