: Download Asthma Manual

  Childhood asthma is a disease that affects one in every five children throughout North America, and is increasing in numbers each year. Understanding Childhood Asthma: A Passport to Knowledge, is designed to provide a working knowledge of asthma and its effect on children. This engaging CD-ROM is ideal for parents as well as teachers, health care professionals, pharmacists and childcare providers.

  Childhood Asthma is designed to provide families and healthcare professionals with a comprehensive understanding of asthma management in children. Friendly characters tell the story of asthma and how it affects a child's life, from what goes on inside the body to the effects of asthma on relationships and activities. The CD provides a "guided tour" through the complex world of asthma management using a simple question and answer format to address the many questions asked by parents during consultations with asthma educators.

The program examines:

• Asthma management
• Lifestyle issues
• Emergencies
• Long term complications
• Remedies and medications

  The CD-ROM presents extensive information on the various drugs and the devices used to administer the medications. The extensive database simplifies this complex body of knowledge. The CD-ROM allows the individual to learn at their own pace with the use of interactive full-motion video and audio sequences.