What You And Your Children Should Know About Zoey Asthma
March 21, 2009 by admin
Filed under Asthma In Children
If you have always had problem explaining asthma to your little kids and how they can deal with it, your worries are over with zoey asthma educational solutions.
Zoey is the new children’s asthmatic education program that is introduced to homes with children who have asthma, hospitals and pharmacies.
Zoey asthma educational program helps to provide children, parents and health care providers with the right educational tools they need in managing any child’s asthma symptoms. The program also helps to prevent future attacks.
Zoey asthma educational program is produced by Zoey LP and Respironics HealthScan, Inc. It features two cartoon characters. These two cartoon characters are Zoey and Light Buddy.
Zoey is a car that has asthma, while Light Buddy is a traffic signal that its light represents the colors of the asthma management zone system.
The zoey asthma educational program also uses the Zoey Asthma Care Kit. This kit includes a Zoey and the Zones children storybook. It also contains a companion workbook for parents with asthmatic children. It also contains a coloring book and some crayons, a spacer, and a peak flow meter.
The idea behind Zoey educational program is a sound one. It aims to use characters that children love and are comfortable with to explain the asthmatic condition they are faced with.
It not only educates the kids but also the parents on how they can work to avoid their children having asthma attacks.
Hospitals using this Zoey asthma program will also improve the quality of life of children suffering from asthma. They will also be able to use it to save money by reducing, by a large percentage, the number and time of hospital admissions and emergency room visits because of asthma.
So, with Zoey asthma educational program, your asthma children will no longer be as confused about the effects of having asthma as they used to be.
One of the most exciting things about this program for a child is the Zoey storybook and coloring book. This is because both of them help children to answer many of the questions they have about asthma.
This Zoey program helps children to know exactly what asthma is and how it affects them. It goes further to help them learn how to deal with it.
It also helps them control the causes, triggers and helps them with taking their medication at the right time- without pressure from their parents.
The Zoey Asthma Care Kit mostly includes:
1. A Personal Best Low Range Peak Flow Meter
2. A Children’s Story Book
3. A Children’s Coloring Book
4. A Parent’s Companion Guide Book
5. An OptiChamber MDI Spacer
This Asthma And Childhood News Will Hold You Spellbound
March 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Asthma In Children
I have to share this asthma and childhood news with you because it brought tears of joy to my eyes… but most importantly, it also showed me how vulnerable our little babies are with asthma.
I read the asthma and childhood news from Newsday.com.
A Stuffolk Seventh Precinct Officer’s speed and determination saved little baby Amee (just 10-month old) from the monstrous hands of death because of her asthmatic condition.
This officer, by the name of James Skidmore, responded to the frantic 911 call from baby Amee’s mother.
On seeing little baby Amee, he knew instinctively that they had precious minutes to get baby Amee to the hospital from the family’s Mastic home, just before 4 a.m, or she would be dead.
With their lights and sirens blaring, Skidmore and his partner drove as fast as they could to the hospital. While they were driving, Skidmore didn’t just leave little baby Amee to herself, but tenderly cradled her in the baby seat, pumped on her chest and blew air gently to her mouth… all to help keep her alive until they get to the hospital.
I am so sure the tenderness that Skidmore exhibited got to little Amee and she let out a yelp and kicked her legs as she regained her breath… just as they neared the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Medical center in East Patchogue.
If you think 7 minutes is a very short time, it will amaze you to know that it took just these 7 minutes to bring little baby Amee to the hospital where she was stabilized and kept alive.
What happened to little baby Amee was an asthmatic attack. If Skidmore and his partner had not responded as quickly (and tenderly) as they did, little baby Amee would obviously have died.
This asthma and childhood news shows you what happens to many little children who suffer from asthma.
It is very necessary for parents to continue working to prevent their children from getting asthmatic attacks.
6 Often Neglected Ways Of Asthma Prevention
March 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under Asthma Prevention
One of the greatest problems we have as humans is that we take many things for granted. We don’t take many things seriously until the serious consequences come upon us.
Asthma is one of such things that we don’t take seriously until it attacks us. There are simple preventive methods that anyone can practice on a consistent basis to stay safe and healthy from asthma… but how many people do them?
Below are 6 often neglected ways of preventing asthma that anyone can start using today to stay safe and healthy from asthma:
1. Engage in breathing exercise- There are certain breathing exercises that help to improve the breathing habits of asthmatics. Talk to your doctor on this and get a plan from him to follow that will improve your breathing.
Such plans have been known to help many asthmatic victims. As you practice it on a daily basis, it gradually improves your breathing and makes it easier to handle breathing problems- when it occurs.
2. Engage in mild exercises to keep fit- Who says because you have asthma you cannot engage in exercises? There are mild exercises that you should engage in to keep yourself fit and healthy- such as swimming. Doing this daily can help to keep you more healthy than if you don’t do it.
3. Use asthma preventive medications- Don’t wait for an asthmatic attack before taking your medication. The saying is truer now with asthma than ever before, which is -Prevention is better than cure.
4. Always have your inhalers handy- Wherever you go, always carry your inhaler along… in case you have an asthma attack. What sense does it make leaving your inhaler behind when going for a trip.
You could have an attack at a place where no one can help you. But with your inhaler, you can reach for it and save yourself from an embarrassing attack of asthma. These inhalers contain asthma medications that give asthmatics asthma relief within seconds.
5. Use a peak flow meter- These are special equipments that are used to warn asthmatics of any impending asthma attack. This is very helpful and should be used constantly.
6. Lastly, create an asthma management plan with your doctor. This will help you in preventing asthma from appearing in the first place, treat it effectively if and when it does appear, and protect you from further attacks in the future.

